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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/16 22:36
Universal datetime 2014/12/16 11:36
Latitude -10.86 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 166.24 ° ± 6 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
Nouméa  1262 93060
Suva  1541 77366
Honiara  707 56298
Nandi  1429 42284
Arawa  1282 40266
Port Vila  793 35901
Tarawa  1543 28802
Popondetta  1987 28198
Labasa  1548 24187
Majuro  2066 20500
Kimbe  1868 18847
Kavieng  1934 14490
Luganville  525 13397
Rabaul  1720 8074
Gizo  1077 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.77
Azimuthal gap 123.01 °
Number of stations used 19
Number of phases used 19

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 11:38:02.67 0.55 282.32 6.36 Automatic
IU PMG P 11:40:49.67 1.1 272.68 18.84 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:41:16.27 0.73 241.95 21.33 Automatic
II WRAB P 11:42:53.32 -1.61 249.62 31.98 Automatic
IU MBWA P 11:44:49.67 -0.23 250.95 45.71 Automatic
II KAPI P 11:44:55.7 -0.07 273.43 46.37 Automatic
IU NWAO P 11:45:23.42 0.71 235.82 49.97 Automatic
IU CASY P 11:47:19.27 -0.13 201.21 66.73 Automatic
IU CHTO P 11:47:56.2 -0.43 293.82 72.66 Automatic
IU YAK P 11:48:26.45 -0.5 343.42 78.25 Automatic
IU ULN P 11:48:29.17 -0.21 324 78.59 Automatic
IU BILL P 11:48:30.57 0.08 0.08 78.92 Automatic
IU QSPA P 11:48:32.22 -0.61 180.03 79.08 Automatic
II TLY P 11:48:49.47 -0.27 326.26 82.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 11:48:53.17 0 17.89 83.13 Automatic
IU TIXI P 11:49:07.77 -0.62 348.95 86.15 Automatic
IU TUC P 11:49:29.97 2.12 57.02 89.95 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 11:49:45.64 -0.61 316.94 94.02 Automatic
II KURK P 11:49:59.22 0.01 320.41 96.89 Automatic