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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2026/02/22 03:42
Universal datetime 2026/02/21 16:42
Latitude -11.08 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 162.42 ° ± 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  1677 283733
Nouméa  1310 93060
Lae  1763 76255
Mackay  1802 75922
Honiara  325 56298
Nandi  1779 42284
Arawa  925 40266
Port Vila  973 35901
Tarawa  1806 28802
Popondetta  1574 28198
Kimbe  1483 18847
Kavieng  1589 14490
Luganville  712 13397
Rabaul  1364 8074
Gizo  696 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.17
Azimuthal gap 74.53 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 16:42:57.84 1.38 303.81 2.93 Automatic
IU PMG P 16:45:47.62 4.12 274.96 15.1 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:45:59.27 1.77 40.68 16.24 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:46:03.57 1.68 115.57 16.53 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:46:21.44 1.77 237.94 17.97 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:48:03.7 -1.62 248.39 28.4 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:50:02.82 0.53 250.61 42.09 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:50:08.32 1.52 274.66 42.64 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:51:23.2 -0.6 335.57 52.8 Automatic
G DRV P 16:51:58.15 -1.04 190.3 57.6 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:52:11.12 2.6 327.22 59.02 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:52:21.15 1.98 344.73 60.64 Automatic
G CCD P 16:53:04.25 -1.94 190.1 67.58 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:53:15.42 -2.28 295.16 69.33 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:53:26.12 -1.61 353.8 71.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:53:58.42 -1.29 325.43 76.6 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:54:02.12 -1.79 344.94 77.44 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:54:11.19 3.82 22.67 78.03 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:54:11.37 -2.16 1.53 79.2 Automatic
II TLY P 16:54:19.52 -1.79 327.48 80.52 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:54:39.42 -2.47 18.99 84.52 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:54:45.34 -2.22 349.94 85.68 Automatic
II PFO P 16:55:05.67 1.4 55.39 88.87 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:55:14.22 -2.52 317.53 91.64 Automatic
II KURK P 16:55:27.97 -2.7 320.83 94.68 Automatic
IU ANMO P 16:55:46.19 3.45 55.7 97.23 Automatic