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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/07 18:18
Universal datetime 2014/12/07 08:18
Latitude -6.62 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.32 ° ± 4 km
Depth 82 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  846 283733
Lae  810 76255
Honiara  694 56298
Arawa  145 40266
Mt. Hagen  1121 33623
Popondetta  711 28198
Madang  957 27419
Kimbe  477 18847
Goroka  990 18503
Kavieng  592 14490
Kundiawa  1038 9383
Rabaul  360 8074
Gizo  322 6154
Lorengau  932 5806
Kerema  948 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.76
Azimuthal gap 71.38 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 08:19:48.82 0.68 117.18 6.24 Automatic
IU PMG P 08:20:05.62 -1.28 248.1 7.62 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:21:52.87 0.15 209.39 15.57 Automatic
IU TARA P 08:22:46.42 -0.55 67.4 20.21 Automatic
IU GUMO P 08:23:09.47 1.41 335.11 22.28 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:23:19.67 -1.38 233.58 23.5 Automatic
II KAPI P 08:25:00.42 1.85 270.79 34.42 Automatic
II TAU P 08:25:19.2 1.7 188.57 36.81 Automatic
IU NWAO P 08:26:11.72 -0.21 227.56 43.29 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:27:09.92 -1.69 331.71 51.11 Automatic
IU CHTO P 08:28:17.64 -0.46 296.15 60.19 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:29:10.67 -0.53 328.02 68.49 Automatic
IU YAK P 08:29:29.15 1.52 348.08 71.24 Automatic
II TLY P 08:29:38.87 2.91 329.82 72.55 Automatic
II PALK P 08:29:50.12 -0.26 279.43 74.73 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:29:51.72 0.86 4.66 75.18 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 08:30:38.57 4.14 318.92 82.98 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:30:30.47 -3.97 21.22 83.09 Automatic
II KURK P 08:30:49.22 -1.39 322.06 86.21 Automatic
II NIL P 08:30:49.97 -1.58 304.51 86.29 Automatic
II BRVK P 08:31:14.97 -1.72 323.27 91.73 Automatic
II PFO P 08:31:23.2 -0.2 56.5 93.02 Automatic