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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/25 11:48
Universal datetime 2014/12/25 00:48
Latitude -7.09 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 155.83 ° ± 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  987 283733
Lae  978 76255
Honiara  523 56298
Arawa  99 40266
Mt. Hagen  1292 33623
Popondetta  856 28198
Madang  1131 27419
Kimbe  652 18847
Goroka  1160 18503
Kavieng  747 14490
Kundiawa  1208 9383
Rabaul  518 8074
Gizo  158 6154
Lorengau  1101 5806
Kerema  1107 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.36
Azimuthal gap 99.42 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 00:49:39.64 1.44 120.27 4.7 Automatic
IU PMG P 00:50:38.7 2.3 254.29 8.89 Automatic
IU CTAO P 00:52:11.7 -0.35 214.59 15.97 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:53:44.62 -1.61 236.2 24.46 Automatic
IU MAJO P 00:56:54.57 0.35 340.46 46.66 Automatic
IU INCN P 00:57:39.62 2.46 330.67 52.24 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:58:46.12 0.14 295.83 61.75 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:59:37.2 0.88 327.45 69.68 Automatic
IU YAK P 00:59:51.85 1.99 347.45 72.01 Automatic
II TLY P 01:00:01.47 1.03 329.32 73.71 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:00:10.12 -0.37 4.08 75.53 Automatic
IU TIXI P 01:00:38.47 -0.88 351.68 80.7 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:00:50.42 -1.24 20.85 82.99 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:00:58.27 -0.81 318.65 84.32 Automatic
II KURK P 01:01:13.22 -1.54 321.83 87.5 Automatic
II NIL P 01:01:15.32 -1.36 304.31 87.79 Automatic
II AAK P 01:01:19.27 -0.45 313.32 88.49 Automatic
II BRVK P 01:01:38.52 -1.95 323.13 93 Automatic