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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2025/05/01 17:04
Universal datetime 2025/05/01 06:04
Latitude -9.34 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 159.40 ° ± 4 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  1340 283733
Lae  1398 76255
Honiara  62 56298
Arawa  545 40266
Port Vila  1338 35901
Popondetta  1227 28198
Madang  1570 27419
Kimbe  1104 18847
Goroka  1587 18503
Kavieng  1209 14490
Luganville  1086 13397
Rabaul  983 8074
Gizo  314 6154
Lorengau  1566 5806
Kerema  1500 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.03
Azimuthal gap 69.31 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 06:04:39.34 -0.11 99.84 0.55 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:08:20.94 -0.03 228.28 16.62 Automatic
IU FUNA P 06:08:57.74 1.24 89.18 19.57 Automatic
II MSVF P 06:09:01.22 0.66 116.85 19.97 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:10:04.84 0.03 243.53 26.39 Automatic
II KAPI P 06:12:01.17 1.5 273.45 39.55 Automatic
IU MAJO P 06:13:20.12 -1.01 337.73 50.03 Automatic
IU INCN P 06:14:06.97 1.67 328.78 55.97 Automatic
G DRV P 06:14:25.5 -0.84 188.84 58.82 Automatic
IU CHTO P 06:15:14.47 0.15 295.57 65.91 Automatic
IU SBA P 06:15:32.4 1.22 178.34 68.61 Automatic
G CCD P 06:15:31.10 -0.87 189.35 68.79 Automatic
IU MA2 P 06:15:32.92 -0.83 355.34 69.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:16:00.77 0.7 326.36 73.5 Automatic
IU YAK P 06:16:08.37 -0.06 346.07 75.02 Automatic
II TLY P 06:16:25.19 2.3 328.33 77.47 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:16:22.22 -0.68 2.69 77.57 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:16:39.62 -1.13 180.02 80.59 Automatic
IU TIXI P 06:16:54.4 -0.69 350.73 83.47 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:16:55.92 -1.07 19.87 83.88 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:17:18.69 -1.05 318.06 88.35 Automatic
II KURK P 06:17:33.9 -1.11 321.3 91.46 Automatic