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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2025/05/21 01:06
Universal datetime 2025/05/20 15:06
Latitude -4.31 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 144.96 ° ± 5 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  620 283733
Jayapura  513 134895
Lae  349 76255
Mt. Hagen  190 33623
Popondetta  612 28198
Madang  136 27419
Mendi  250 26252
Kimbe  590 18847
Goroka  201 18503
Wewak  170 18230
Daru  564 15214
Vanimo  445 11204
Kundiawa  189 9383
Lorengau  361 5806
Kerema  411 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.74
Azimuthal gap 60.22 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 15:09:48.17 0.09 109.8 15.73 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:10:16.37 2.11 359.7 17.9 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:10:23.4 -1.34 212.61 18.73 Automatic
IU DAV P 15:11:07.14 1.78 300.39 22.45 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:11:27.52 -4.42 267.39 25.14 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:12:11.29 -1.35 233.29 29.73 Automatic
II MSVF P 15:12:58.72 -0.76 115.13 35.05 Automatic
IU NWAO P 15:13:29.17 0.48 218.77 38.58 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:14:20.62 -0.89 339.37 45.14 Automatic
II ERM P 15:14:35.7 4.2 358.14 46.36 Automatic
II COCO P 15:14:51.9 3.57 257.49 48.21 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:15:09.0 0.08 358.07 51.31 Automatic
IU KIP P 15:16:20.37 -2.85 62.75 61.46 Automatic
G DRV P 15:16:28.40 -0.24 182.21 62.45 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:16:34.62 -4.23 3.27 64.06 Automatic
II PALK P 15:16:47.4 -1.22 280.07 65.16 Automatic
II TLY P 15:16:51.52 -1.02 333.4 66.09 Automatic
IU CASY P 15:16:56.22 1.2 194.37 66.44 Automatic
G CCD P 15:17:29.80 0.89 185.73 71.89 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:17:47.94 3.92 175.35 74.43 Automatic
II AAK P 15:18:02.27 -6.95 315.03 78.8 Automatic