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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2023/08/21 00:23
Universal datetime 2023/08/20 13:23
Latitude -9.78 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 159.49 ° ± 5 km
Depth 48 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1350 283733
Nouméa  1568 93060
Lae  1418 76255
Honiara  63 56298
Arawa  585 40266
Port Vila  1297 35901
Popondetta  1240 28198
Madang  1594 27419
Kimbe  1133 18847
Kavieng  1247 14490
Luganville  1048 13397
Rabaul  1020 8074
Gizo  347 6154
Lorengau  1600 5806
Kerema  1516 5646

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.23
Azimuthal gap 74.7 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 13:23:24.92 -0.47 52.48 0.57 Automatic
IU PMG P 13:26:00.37 -2.56 270.75 12.17 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:27:03.27 4.5 229.59 16.41 Automatic
II MSVF P 13:27:38.99 1.67 115.86 19.69 Automatic
IU GUMO P 13:28:52.59 -0.57 327.91 27.51 Automatic
IU MAJO P 13:32:03.22 -0.21 337.78 50.47 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:32:50.27 3.07 328.86 56.4 Automatic
G DRV P 13:33:00.15 -1.69 188.93 58.4 Automatic
IU SBA P 13:34:05.29 -1.52 178.36 68.17 Automatic
G CCD P 13:34:05.90 -2.21 189.4 68.37 Automatic