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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2023/09/15 05:58
Universal datetime 2023/09/14 19:58
Latitude -6.17 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 149.57 ° ± 5 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  449 283733
Lae  293 76255
Arawa  663 40266
Mt. Hagen  594 33623
Popondetta  323 28198
Madang  433 27419
Mendi  656 26252
Kimbe  93 18847
Goroka  464 18503
Wewak  719 18230
Kavieng  420 14490
Kundiawa  511 9383
Rabaul  358 8074
Lorengau  524 5806
Kerema  456 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.08
Azimuthal gap 86.06 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:59:44.37 1.2 216.33 4.02 Automatic
IU HNR P 20:01:18.29 2.11 108.31 10.78 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:02:05.89 2.83 192.73 14.29 Automatic
IU GUMO P 20:03:19.74 3.19 346.71 20.3 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:04:50.62 2.38 270.69 29.7 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:04:51.17 -0.42 115.13 30.11 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:05:10.9 -2.78 239.63 32.54 Automatic
IU TATO P 20:06:29.12 1.7 319.85 41.43 Automatic
IU MAJO P 20:06:45.27 -2.41 346.83 44.02 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:07:26.92 2.91 335.64 48.61 Automatic
IU RAR P 20:07:48.87 3.3 112.34 51.21 Automatic
II COCO P 20:07:55.29 1.11 259.35 52.33 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:07:58.35 -1.86 354.22 53.47 Automatic
IU PET P 20:08:44.49 -0.08 6.31 59.69 Automatic
G DRV P 20:08:50.90 -2.39 184.33 60.86 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:09:25.72 0.54 330.16 65.68 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:09:49.97 -1.52 350.22 69.91 Automatic
G CCD P 20:09:54.5 -2.16 186.93 70.55 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:10:05.57 -0.91 176.26 72.24 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:10:23.72 0.69 6.44 75.19 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:10:48.47 -0.04 319.95 79.57 Automatic
II KURK P 20:11:04.47 -2.08 322.91 82.98 Automatic
II AAK P 20:11:09.62 0.78 314.31 83.37 Automatic
IU QSPA P 20:11:08.2 -2.76 180.01 83.76 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:11:10.22 -3.34 22.25 84.42 Automatic