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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2023/10/05 11:42
Universal datetime 2023/10/05 01:42
Latitude -4.49 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.54 ° ± 13 km
Depth 167 km (from location) ± 31 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  892 283733
Lae  767 76255
Honiara  895 56298
Arawa  296 40266
Mt. Hagen  1045 33623
Popondetta  753 28198
Madang  865 27419
Kimbe  395 18847
Goroka  921 18503
Kavieng  369 14490
Kundiawa  967 9383
Rabaul  159 8074
Gizo  541 6154
Lorengau  747 5806
Kerema  934 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.66
Azimuthal gap 155.62 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU CTAO P 01:46:18.29 0.2 203.85 17.14 Automatic
IU MBWA P 01:49:20.87 -1.05 240.03 36.8 Automatic
IU INCN P 01:50:58.2 0.45 331.51 48.86 Automatic
IU CHTO P 01:52:09.89 0.37 295.28 58.57 Automatic
G DRV P 01:52:36.90 -0.6 185.98 62.89 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:53:00.37 0.83 327.89 66.27 Automatic
IU CASY P 01:53:14.2 -0.36 197.14 68.6 Automatic
G CCD P 01:53:39.35 0.02 187.79 72.73 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:53:40.89 -0.13 5 73.12 Automatic
IU SBA P 01:53:46.49 1.47 177.13 73.7 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:54:25.2 -0.28 318.88 80.87 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:54:26.39 -1.11 21.5 81.39 Automatic
II KURK P 01:54:41.27 -0.45 322.07 84.05 Automatic
II AAK P 01:54:47.47 0.48 313.54 85.05 Automatic
IU QSPA P 01:54:48.87 0.19 180.01 85.44 Automatic