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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2013/12/29 22:49
Universal datetime 2013/12/29 12:49
Latitude -5.54 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.73 ° ± 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  842 283733
Lae  758 76255
Honiara  811 56298
Arawa  217 40266
Mt. Hagen  1054 33623
Popondetta  703 28198
Madang  881 27419
Kimbe  397 18847
Goroka  926 18503
Kavieng  460 14490
Kundiawa  973 9383
Rabaul  230 8074
Gizo  445 6154
Lorengau  815 5806
Kerema  911 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.44
Azimuthal gap 48.47 °
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 31

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:51:04.82 1.84 122.69 7.29 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:51:08.87 2.02 238.92 7.57 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:53:04.37 0.21 205.87 16.26 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:53:55.12 1.77 70.76 20.37 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:54:28.2 -0.21 230.86 23.7 Automatic
II MSVF P 12:54:57.17 1.15 119.24 26.72 Automatic
II TAU P 12:56:32.77 1.21 187.67 37.8 Automatic
IU SNZO P 12:56:51.37 -2.02 155.48 40.37 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:57:28.52 1.93 342.14 44.52 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:58:09.42 0.77 331.78 49.88 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:58:37.100 3.53 350.69 53.39 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:59:18.97 1.18 295.79 59.19 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:00:10.97 0.73 328.05 67.26 Automatic
IU CASY P 13:00:11.17 -1.82 197.32 67.65 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:00:26.70 -0.59 348.27 70.06 Automatic
II TLY P 13:00:35.92 0.47 329.87 71.32 Automatic
IU SBA P 13:00:43.49 -0.09 177.15 72.63 Automatic
II PALK P 13:00:53.57 0.69 279.22 73.98 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:00:50.21 -1.61 4.91 74.15 Automatic
II KDAK P 13:01:05.62 -0.45 26.21 76.55 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:01:17.11 -1.65 352.24 78.88 Automatic
II DGAR P 13:01:30.87 0.33 263.37 80.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:01:34.77 -0.46 318.95 81.78 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:01:34.47 -2.94 21.41 82.3 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:01:46.92 -1.84 180.01 84.39 Automatic
II KURK P 13:01:50.47 -1.25 322.1 85 Automatic
II NIL P 13:01:52.82 -0.43 304.53 85.19 Automatic
II AAK P 13:01:56.77 0.23 313.57 85.91 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:02:16.47 -1.79 323.34 90.51 Automatic
II PFO P 13:02:29.82 -0.12 56.5 92.91 Automatic
II UOSS P 13:02:57.57 -0.8 294.43 99.14 Automatic