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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2025/04/16 02:49
Universal datetime 2025/04/15 15:49
Latitude -6.47 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.87 ° ± 5 km
Depth 106 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  909 283733
Lae  872 76255
Honiara  649 56298
Arawa  81 40266
Mt. Hagen  1182 33623
Popondetta  774 28198
Madang  1016 27419
Kimbe  534 18847
Goroka  1051 18503
Kavieng  623 14490
Kundiawa  1098 9383
Rabaul  393 8074
Gizo  282 6154
Lorengau  975 5806
Kerema  1011 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.82
Azimuthal gap 116.44 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 15:50:31.52 0.1 120.89 5.83 Automatic
IU PMG P 15:51:02.62 -0.76 248.5 8.18 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:52:46.82 1.41 210.75 15.98 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:54:11.67 -0.79 233.98 24.04 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:55:50.97 1.23 270.5 34.97 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:56:05.47 -1.45 243.07 37.02 Automatic
II TAU P 15:56:06.24 0.54 189.2 37.04 Automatic
IU NWAO P 15:57:01.49 -0.86 227.77 43.8 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:57:58.97 0.09 331.2 51.24 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:59:08.9 0.88 295.87 60.62 Automatic
G DRV P 15:59:08.85 -0.24 186.67 61.06 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:59:41.42 -0.34 357.73 66.13 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:59:58.57 0.22 327.74 68.65 Automatic
G CCD P 16:00:12.35 -0.35 188.18 70.94 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:00:35.17 -0.63 4.45 74.99 Automatic
II PALK P 16:00:40.79 1.38 279.3 75.25 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:01:21.29 -0.42 318.79 83.23 Automatic