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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/12/04 01:29
Universal datetime 2015/12/03 15:29
Latitude -5.63 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 149.75 ° ± 6 km
Depth 146 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  509 283733
Lae  329 76255
Arawa  647 40266
Mt. Hagen  613 33623
Popondetta  385 28198
Madang  442 27419
Mendi  678 26252
Kimbe  44 18847
Goroka  486 18503
Wewak  716 18230
Kavieng  357 14490
Kundiawa  532 9383
Rabaul  309 8074
Lorengau  483 5806
Kerema  501 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.42
Azimuthal gap 89.02 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 15:30:16.77 -0.93 214.06 4.57 Automatic
IU HNR P 15:31:41.32 0.31 111.26 10.8 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:32:32.77 0.63 192.91 14.85 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:33:29.67 1.16 345.88 19.82 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:33:37.32 -1.32 224.9 20.7 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:35:29.42 -1.71 239.03 32.96 Automatic
II TAU P 15:36:08.62 1.4 182.93 37.34 Automatic
IU TATO P 15:36:40.2 0.89 319.28 41.13 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:36:57.57 -0.22 346.5 43.54 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:37:35.62 1.09 335.28 48.19 Automatic
IU YSS P 15:38:11.10 1.24 354.03 52.95 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:38:32.27 0.8 297.36 55.69 Automatic
IU PET P 15:38:53.80 -0.08 6.22 59.14 Automatic
IU MA2 P 15:39:33.77 -0.69 0.57 65.21 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:39:35.32 -0.24 329.95 65.3 Automatic
IU CASY P 15:39:45.87 2.78 196.11 66.42 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:40:00.82 -0.22 350.1 69.41 Automatic
II TLY P 15:40:05.52 3.72 331.5 69.46 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:40:30.87 -1.39 6.39 74.63 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:40:52.22 -1.75 353.42 78.47 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:40:59.32 0.19 319.85 79.27 Automatic
II NIL P 15:41:13.67 -0.45 305.18 81.99 Automatic
II KURK P 15:41:15.57 -1.42 322.84 82.65 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:41:19.72 -3.04 22.24 83.86 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:41:25.12 -0.41 180.01 84.3 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:41:44.27 -0.33 323.76 88.23 Automatic