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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2025/04/23 20:11
Universal datetime 2025/04/23 10:11
Latitude -5.68 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 151.48 ° ± 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  631 283733
Lae  510 76255
Arawa  456 40266
Mt. Hagen  805 33623
Popondetta  494 28198
Madang  633 27419
Mendi  869 26252
Kimbe  149 18847
Goroka  676 18503
Kavieng  351 14490
Kundiawa  723 9383
Rabaul  179 8074
Gizo  649 6154
Lorengau  617 5806
Kerema  671 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.05
Azimuthal gap 125.51 °
Number of stations used 7
Number of phases used 7

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 10:12:59.44 1.38 228.76 5.67 Automatic
IU HNR P 10:13:46.32 -0.21 114.61 9.19 Automatic
II MSVF P 10:17:31.47 0.94 117.19 28.62 Automatic
IU MBWA P 10:18:20.4 -1.41 240.24 34.42 Automatic
IU SBA P 10:22:59.79 -1.05 176.67 72.61 Automatic
IU BILL P 10:23:12.39 1.12 5.75 74.5 Automatic
IU COLA P 10:23:59.4 -0.77 21.88 83.26 Automatic