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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/09 12:33
Universal datetime 2014/12/09 02:33
Latitude -6.34 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.25 ° ± 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  851 283733
Lae  804 76255
Honiara  716 56298
Arawa  146 40266
Mt. Hagen  1112 33623
Popondetta  714 28198
Madang  945 27419
Kimbe  463 18847
Goroka  981 18503
Kavieng  564 14490
Kundiawa  1029 9383
Rabaul  332 8074
Gizo  345 6154
Lorengau  909 5806
Kerema  945 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.04
Azimuthal gap 69.32 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 02:35:14.69 3.28 119.1 6.44 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:35:30.82 2.59 245.99 7.66 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:37:17.97 -0.24 208.7 15.78 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:38:11.89 0.64 68.18 20.17 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:38:33.7 3.15 334.98 22 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:38:46.12 -1.43 232.98 23.61 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:39:06.87 -1.73 118.26 25.88 Automatic
IU KNTN P 02:40:23.57 1.77 85.57 34.1 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:40:42.47 0.13 242.61 36.53 Automatic
II TAU P 02:40:44.97 -0.65 188.43 37.07 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:41:58.32 4.26 341.85 45.45 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:42:34.27 -1.72 331.67 50.83 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:43:04.10 3.08 350.36 54.27 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:43:14.67 0.38 60.9 55.86 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:43:43.77 0.23 296.03 60.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:44:35.27 -1.12 327.99 68.21 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:44:50.85 -2.01 348.1 70.95 Automatic
II TLY P 02:45:03.62 2.31 329.8 72.28 Automatic
II PALK P 02:45:18.32 1.58 279.36 74.62 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:45:14.62 -1.72 4.69 74.91 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:45:42.62 -0.98 352.11 79.74 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:45:58.7 -2.23 318.91 82.73 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:45:55.87 -4.56 21.25 82.86 Automatic
II KURK P 02:46:14.77 -1.8 322.06 85.95 Automatic
II NIL P 02:46:16.47 -1.28 304.51 86.07 Automatic
II AAK P 02:46:22.47 1.25 313.53 86.84 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:46:41.7 -1.72 323.28 91.46 Automatic
II PFO P 02:46:47.97 -2.14 56.5 92.92 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:47:27.7 -0.02 55.56 101.24 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:47:34.82 0.7 46.13 102.81 Automatic