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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/31 11:37
Universal datetime 2014/12/31 01:37
Latitude -4.40 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 144.05 ° ± 5 km
Depth 114 km (from location) ± 11 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  660 283733
Jayapura  425 134895
Lae  416 76255
Mt. Hagen  163 33623
Popondetta  671 28198
Madang  214 27419
Mendi  198 26252
Kimbe  688 18847
Goroka  238 18503
Wewak  104 18230
Daru  529 15214
Vanimo  358 11204
Kundiawa  207 9383
Lorengau  444 5806
Kerema  438 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.23
Azimuthal gap 43.05 °
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 31

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:38:56.77 -1.43 148.5 5.89 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:41:09.52 0.36 172.38 15.84 Automatic
IU HNR P 01:41:21.54 2.35 108.57 16.57 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:41:35.97 -0.75 210.47 18.18 Automatic
II KAPI P 01:42:40.27 0.21 267.55 24.22 Automatic
IU MBWA P 01:43:21.52 -0.51 232.49 28.95 Automatic
II MSVF P 01:44:19.32 -3.1 114.56 35.85 Automatic
IU TATO P 01:44:29.22 1.15 324.38 36.64 Automatic
IU NWAO P 01:44:39.62 0.28 218 37.94 Automatic
II TAU P 01:44:47.37 3.07 176.16 38.62 Automatic
IU MAJO P 01:45:05.27 -0.87 352.88 41.3 Automatic
IU INCN P 01:45:36.22 0.95 340.33 44.9 Automatic
IU CHTO P 01:46:17.54 0.59 299.07 50.1 Automatic
IU YSS P 01:46:25.25 0.51 358.88 51.37 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:47:37.77 0.68 332.65 61.48 Automatic
IU POHA P 01:47:57.67 2.01 65.52 64.07 Automatic
IU MA2 P 01:47:54.67 0.02 3.78 64.19 Automatic
II TLY P 01:48:06.2 0.81 333.85 65.75 Automatic
IU CASY P 01:48:07.22 -0.68 194.06 66.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 01:48:15.10 0.16 352.76 67.34 Automatic
II DGAR P 01:48:42.52 1.44 263.65 71.21 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:48:55.92 -0.45 8.51 74.14 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:48:59.87 -0.51 321.18 74.71 Automatic
II NIL P 01:49:11.77 -0.27 306.12 76.66 Automatic
IU TIXI P 01:49:09.17 -1.72 355.14 76.68 Automatic
II AAK P 01:49:20.62 0.21 315.24 78.21 Automatic
II KURK P 01:49:19.72 -0.76 323.98 78.27 Automatic
II BRVK P 01:49:49.67 -0.66 324.53 83.9 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:49:53.87 -1.3 23.3 84.92 Automatic
II UOSS P 01:50:18.97 -1.33 295.03 89.9 Automatic
II ABPO P 01:50:43.62 -0.43 250.44 94.99 Automatic