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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2023/05/23 00:36
Universal datetime 2023/05/22 13:36
Latitude -7.53 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 158.29 ° ± 7 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1240 283733
Lae  1251 76255
Honiara  280 56298
Arawa  333 40266
Popondetta  1115 28198
Madang  1406 27419
Kimbe  927 18847
Goroka  1435 18503
Kavieng  993 14490
Luganville  1311 13397
Kundiawa  1482 9383
Rabaul  773 8074
Gizo  172 6154
Lorengau  1363 5806
Kerema  1374 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.99
Azimuthal gap 78.81 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 13:36:56.39 0.66 139.46 2.52 Automatic
II MSVF P 13:41:06.99 0.03 119.84 21.8 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:41:52.7 1.56 239.4 26.29 Automatic
G DRV P 13:46:21.70 -2.08 188.21 60.45 Automatic
IU ADK P 13:46:42.17 0.8 17.02 63.16 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:47:08.47 -0.11 355.88 67.37 Automatic
G CCD P 13:47:27.25 -1.32 189 70.41 Automatic
IU SBA P 13:47:29.52 0.64 178.11 70.46 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:47:35.42 1.3 326.5 71.38 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:47:43.32 0.04 346.42 72.99 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:47:59.24 -0.44 3.14 75.81 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:48:30.54 -0.65 351 81.5 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:48:37.47 0.5 180.02 82.41 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:48:35.39 -1.49 20.23 82.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:48:55.94 -0.46 318.21 86.27 Automatic
II KURK P 13:49:10.82 -0.31 321.47 89.36 Automatic
II PFO P 13:49:17.14 1.33 56.1 90.24 Automatic