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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/09 12:01
Universal datetime 2014/12/09 02:01
Latitude -6.30 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.28 ° ± 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  856 283733
Lae  808 76255
Honiara  715 56298
Arawa  143 40266
Mt. Hagen  1115 33623
Popondetta  719 28198
Madang  948 27419
Kimbe  466 18847
Goroka  985 18503
Kavieng  563 14490
Kundiawa  1032 9383
Rabaul  331 8074
Gizo  345 6154
Lorengau  909 5806
Kerema  950 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.82
Azimuthal gap 68.89 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 02:03:08.42 1.78 119.57 6.43 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:03:28.27 4.09 245.79 7.7 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:05:14.12 -0.09 208.72 15.84 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:06:06.47 0.39 68.26 20.12 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:06:40.72 -2.64 232.94 23.66 Automatic
IU KNTN P 02:08:16.74 -0.07 85.62 34.07 Automatic
II TAU P 02:08:39.77 -1.56 188.46 37.12 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:10:32.87 1.74 331.62 50.81 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:11:38.57 -0.35 295.99 60.02 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:12:31.67 0.08 327.97 68.19 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:12:49.80 1.84 348.08 70.92 Automatic
II TLY P 02:12:58.77 2.27 329.78 72.26 Automatic
II PALK P 02:13:11.62 -0.57 279.35 74.64 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:13:11.2 -0.37 4.68 74.86 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:13:37.67 -1.04 352.1 79.7 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:13:53.54 -2.01 318.9 82.72 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:13:53.62 -1.86 21.25 82.81 Automatic
II KURK P 02:14:10.32 -1.5 322.05 85.93 Automatic
II NIL P 02:14:10.42 -2.65 304.5 86.07 Automatic
II AAK P 02:14:17.42 0.92 313.52 86.83 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:14:39.22 1.19 323.28 91.45 Automatic
II PFO P 02:14:42.72 -2.48 56.49 92.87 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:15:25.7 2.88 55.56 101.19 Automatic