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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/17 19:46
Universal datetime 2014/12/17 09:46
Latitude -5.30 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 151.22 ° ± 5 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  641 283733
Lae  495 76255
Arawa  492 40266
Mt. Hagen  779 33623
Popondetta  505 28198
Madang  603 27419
Mendi  844 26252
Kimbe  123 18847
Goroka  652 18503
Kavieng  303 14490
Kundiawa  698 9383
Rabaul  158 8074
Gizo  694 6154
Lorengau  567 5806
Kerema  663 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.74
Azimuthal gap 106.47 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 09:48:20.62 2.99 224.19 5.75 Automatic
II WRAB P 09:51:45.52 -0.62 226.76 21.98 Automatic
IU TARA P 09:51:53.82 -0.2 73.53 22.67 Automatic
IU MBWA P 09:53:38.77 -0.91 239.58 34.4 Automatic
IU MAJO P 09:54:57.42 2.58 344.78 43.58 Automatic
IU INCN P 09:55:36.72 2.65 333.84 48.52 Automatic
IU CHTO P 09:56:39.2 1.88 296.58 56.84 Automatic
IU POHA P 09:56:46.7 0.61 62.74 58.02 Automatic
IU MA2 P 09:57:29.22 -0.91 359.75 64.87 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:57:37.37 0.96 329.16 65.75 Automatic
IU YAK P 09:57:58.55 -0.14 349.39 69.34 Automatic
II TLY P 09:58:03.17 0.73 330.83 69.87 Automatic
IU BILL P 09:58:26.22 -1.45 5.86 74.14 Automatic
IU TIXI P 09:58:50.12 -1.41 352.97 78.31 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:59:00.39 -0.99 319.46 79.97 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:59:14.27 -2.68 21.95 82.99 Automatic
II NIL P 09:59:16.87 -1.09 304.89 83 Automatic
II KURK P 09:59:17.32 -1.5 322.53 83.28 Automatic
II AAK P 09:59:22.17 -0.32 313.94 83.93 Automatic
IU QSPA P 09:59:23.37 -2.49 180.01 84.63 Automatic
II BRVK P 09:59:43.87 -2.38 323.59 88.83 Automatic
II PFO P 10:00:15.12 0.34 56.63 94.86 Automatic
II UOSS P 10:00:21.82 -1.83 294.55 96.77 Automatic
IU TUC P 10:00:39.62 3.6 58.08 99.58 Automatic
IU ANMO P 10:00:53.17 1.91 55.31 103.12 Automatic
IU RSSD P 10:00:56.97 0.67 45.75 104.25 Automatic