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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/23 09:35
Universal datetime 2014/12/22 22:35
Latitude -7.35 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 155.94 ° ± 5 km
Depth 75 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  991 283733
Lae  991 76255
Honiara  498 56298
Arawa  131 40266
Mt. Hagen  1307 33623
Popondetta  862 28198
Madang  1148 27419
Kimbe  671 18847
Goroka  1175 18503
Kavieng  775 14490
Kundiawa  1223 9383
Rabaul  546 8074
Gizo  129 6154
Lorengau  1126 5806
Kerema  1117 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.95
Azimuthal gap 97.33 °
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 22:36:55.97 -0.74 118.08 4.48 Automatic
IU PMG P 22:37:56.92 -0.62 256.07 8.93 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:39:31.7 2.12 215.42 15.82 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:40:58.82 0.53 117.85 23.92 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:41:01.52 -1.12 236.8 24.41 Automatic
II KAPI P 22:42:45.37 -0.4 271.57 36.04 Automatic
IU MAJO P 22:44:13.77 1 340.43 46.94 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:44:57.7 1.63 330.68 52.52 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:46:03.42 0.03 295.92 61.96 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:46:54.2 0.35 327.45 69.96 Automatic
II TLY P 22:47:18.32 0.5 329.31 73.99 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:47:27.22 -0.42 4.03 75.78 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:47:57.47 1.05 351.65 80.98 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:48:08.32 0.04 20.81 83.2 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:48:15.47 -0.51 318.64 84.59 Automatic
II KURK P 22:48:30.22 -1.33 321.82 87.77 Automatic
II NIL P 22:48:32.57 -0.73 304.3 88.03 Automatic
II AAK P 22:48:36.47 0.05 313.31 88.75 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:48:55.77 -1.42 323.11 93.27 Automatic