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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2023/09/17 22:53
Universal datetime 2023/09/17 11:53
Latitude -10.25 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 161.91 ° ± 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  1617 283733
Nouméa  1414 93060
Lae  1688 76255
Mackay  1821 75922
Honiara  233 56298
Arawa  829 40266
Port Vila  1078 35901
Tarawa  1777 28802
Popondetta  1509 28198
Kimbe  1398 18847
Kavieng  1492 14490
Luganville  815 13397
Rabaul  1269 8074
Gizo  607 6154
Kerema  1785 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.91
Azimuthal gap 159.74 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 11:54:26.87 2.56 292.67 2.1 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:58:02.74 3.37 235.07 18.01 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:01:39.12 -0.87 249.66 41.9 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:01:39.72 -1.81 273.89 42.08 Automatic
IU NWAO P 12:02:19.19 0.03 234.01 46.83 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:02:54.42 -1.37 335.75 51.84 Automatic
IU TATO P 12:03:02.52 -1.59 312.49 52.84 Automatic
II ERM P 12:03:22.47 3.44 343.05 55.03 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:03:40.87 -0.2 327.3 58.05 Automatic
G DRV P 12:03:39.60 -3.89 190 58.33 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:03:52.65 0.56 344.97 59.71 Automatic
IU ADK P 12:04:29.59 3.18 14.41 64.82 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:04:34.12 0.06 200.16 65.79 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:04:48.27 2.53 178.9 67.64 Automatic
G CCD P 12:04:51.15 1.16 189.94 68.3 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:04:49.84 -2.15 295.04 68.53 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:05:33.7 -0.43 325.51 75.64 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:05:37.57 -0.4 345.1 76.52 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:05:48.92 0.57 1.73 78.39 Automatic
II TLY P 12:05:54.57 -0.81 327.57 79.56 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:06:18.72 0.68 19.16 83.91 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:06:22.4 -0.3 350.07 84.78 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:06:49.74 -1.9 317.63 90.69 Automatic
II KURK P 12:07:03.17 -2.42 320.94 93.73 Automatic