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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2023/10/08 02:20
Universal datetime 2023/10/07 16:20
Latitude -5.52 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 145.83 ° ± 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  462 283733
Lae  186 76255
Mt. Hagen  182 33623
Popondetta  448 28198
Madang  33 27419
Mendi  251 26252
Kimbe  478 18847
Goroka  79 18503
Wewak  326 18230
Daru  489 15214
Kavieng  642 14490
Vanimo  592 11204
Kundiawa  111 9383
Lorengau  418 5806
Kerema  266 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.39
Azimuthal gap 78.07 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 16:23:59.62 2.28 106.49 14.54 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:23:58.87 2.15 178.4 14.58 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:26:08.22 3.61 269.88 25.97 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:26:37.49 -0.38 235.8 29.73 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:27:14.89 1.34 113.98 33.77 Automatic
II TAU P 16:27:43.77 0.45 178.2 37.41 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:27:50.69 -0.02 220.5 38.2 Automatic
IU TATO P 16:27:55.62 1.95 323.23 38.6 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:28:26.14 -0.37 350.95 42.67 Automatic
IU SNZO P 16:28:39.29 0.34 148.58 44.09 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:28:59.22 1.31 338.94 46.57 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:29:42.92 0.55 299.01 52.2 Automatic
G DRV P 16:30:44.10 -1.85 182.63 61.28 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:30:59.82 0.43 331.95 63.3 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:31:12.17 -1.92 194.8 65.49 Automatic
II TLY P 16:31:27.64 0.68 333.22 67.55 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:31:32.92 -0.82 351.95 68.69 Automatic
G CCD P 16:31:45.90 -1.47 185.98 70.78 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:32:00.97 -0.78 175.49 73.16 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:32:11.62 -0.24 7.83 75 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:32:21.54 -0.78 320.85 76.69 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:32:28.12 -0.53 354.61 77.95 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:32:40.84 -0.29 28.42 80.15 Automatic
II KURK P 16:32:40.59 -1.21 323.68 80.23 Automatic
II AAK P 16:32:42.2 -0.23 315 80.26 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:33:01.72 -2.16 180 84.41 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:33:05.44 -2.21 22.97 85.25 Automatic
II RAYN P 16:34:23.99 0.15 292.92 101.65 Automatic