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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2025/05/02 06:23
Universal datetime 2025/05/01 20:23
Latitude -6.12 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 151.76 ° ± 12 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  625 283733
Lae  532 76255
Arawa  422 40266
Mt. Hagen  835 33623
Popondetta  486 28198
Madang  669 27419
Mendi  898 26252
Kimbe  189 18847
Goroka  705 18503
Kavieng  405 14490
Kundiawa  752 9383
Rabaul  216 8074
Gizo  602 6154
Lorengau  671 5806
Kerema  684 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.7
Azimuthal gap 165.64 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 20:24:26.17 -0.42 233.87 5.62 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:27:54.29 -1.01 229.11 21.83 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:29:55.42 4.46 240.95 34.45 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:32:52.37 -1.48 296.84 57.69 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:33:47.72 1.52 359.45 65.7 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:34:16.97 1.98 349.21 70.24 Automatic
G CCD P 20:34:18.60 -1.03 187.45 70.87 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:34:43.44 0.62 5.63 74.9 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:35:07.2 -0.07 352.83 79.19 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:35:15.67 -1.65 319.43 80.93 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:35:30.7 -0.49 21.81 83.56 Automatic
II KURK P 20:35:32.82 -1.72 322.48 84.25 Automatic
II AAK P 20:35:37.32 -0.71 313.91 84.89 Automatic