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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2025/02/23 09:21
Universal datetime 2025/02/22 22:21
Latitude -7.37 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 155.78 ° ± 5 km
Depth 98 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  974 283733
Lae  974 76255
Honiara  513 56298
Arawa  129 40266
Mt. Hagen  1290 33623
Popondetta  845 28198
Madang  1131 27419
Kimbe  656 18847
Goroka  1158 18503
Kavieng  764 14490
Kundiawa  1206 9383
Rabaul  534 8074
Gizo  141 6154
Lorengau  1113 5806
Kerema  1099 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.33
Azimuthal gap 96.08 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 22:22:15.24 0.55 116.94 4.61 Automatic
IU PMG P 22:23:09.62 -1.71 255.99 8.77 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:24:44.52 2.05 215.03 15.71 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:26:11.72 -1.64 117.66 24.05 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:26:13.82 -1.4 236.67 24.27 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:27:58.42 0.2 271.63 35.89 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:29:25.2 -1.18 340.6 46.91 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:30:11.7 2.44 330.82 52.47 Automatic
IU YSS P 22:30:32.70 2.1 349.25 55.55 Automatic
G DRV P 22:31:05.75 1.25 187.13 60.28 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:31:16.9 0.06 295.99 61.83 Automatic
IU MA2 P 22:31:49.47 1.04 357.25 67.07 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:32:06.72 -0.01 327.52 69.9 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:32:22.42 1.75 347.49 72.28 Automatic
II TLY P 22:32:30.74 -0.15 329.37 73.93 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:32:40.7 -1.19 4.09 75.82 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:33:09.52 -0.28 351.7 80.98 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:33:20.9 -1.96 20.85 83.27 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:33:28.62 -0.29 318.68 84.5 Automatic
II KURK P 22:33:42.94 -1.57 321.84 87.7 Automatic
II AAK P 22:33:49.22 -0.07 313.34 88.65 Automatic