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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2025/01/27 08:22
Universal datetime 2025/01/26 21:22
Latitude -6.96 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 155.98 ° ± 6 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  1007 283733
Lae  994 76255
Honiara  516 56298
Arawa  93 40266
Mt. Hagen  1307 33623
Popondetta  876 28198
Madang  1145 27419
Kimbe  664 18847
Goroka  1176 18503
Kavieng  750 14490
Kundiawa  1223 9383
Rabaul  523 8074
Gizo  158 6154
Lorengau  1108 5806
Kerema  1125 5646

Past seismicity

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

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.8
Azimuthal gap 118.53 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:23:48.99 0.27 122.55 4.65 Automatic
IU PMG P 21:24:52.37 2.82 253.74 9.07 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:27:55.47 -3.88 236.12 24.66 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:32:57.74 -0.1 295.72 61.82 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:33:47.97 0.66 327.36 69.65 Automatic
G CCD P 21:33:55.15 1.55 188.46 70.62 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:34:02.82 2.19 347.37 71.92 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:34:20.84 -0.18 4.02 75.39 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:35:09.19 -1.24 318.61 84.32 Automatic
II KURK P 21:35:24.24 -1.81 321.8 87.49 Automatic
II AAK P 21:35:30.87 -0.29 313.3 88.51 Automatic