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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2025/05/04 02:04
Universal datetime 2025/05/03 17:04
Latitude -3.19 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 140.93 ° ± 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  981 283733
Jayapura  77 134895
Lae  778 76255
Manokwari  805 53190
Nabire  602 43898
Mt. Hagen  470 33623
Madang  584 27419
Mendi  445 26252
Goroka  589 18503
Wewak  304 18230
Daru  703 15214
Vanimo  69 11204
Kundiawa  546 9383
Lorengau  718 5806
Kerema  755 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 111.59 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:06:20.84 1.19 135.39 8.77 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:08:19.39 -2.05 200.44 17.93 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:09:01.32 2.29 264.35 21.2 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:09:58.92 1.03 227.22 27.35 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:11:47.67 2.97 356.58 39.82 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:12:41.84 -0.81 299.7 46.8 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:14:12.57 0.82 334.14 59.01 Automatic
II TLY P 17:14:41.84 0.74 335.14 63.33 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:14:55.92 -0.99 354.24 65.79 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:15:34.44 -0.99 321.89 71.83 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:15:42.87 -1.55 9.67 73.44 Automatic
II AAK P 17:15:55.7 -0.33 315.77 75.17 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:15:52.79 -2.06 356.1 75.24 Automatic
II KURK P 17:15:55.59 -1.3 324.61 75.48 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:16:49.39 1.04 23.8 85.06 Automatic