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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/12/06 15:03
Universal datetime 2015/12/06 04:03
Latitude -7.07 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 155.12 ° ± 6 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  913 283733
Lae  900 76255
Honiara  593 56298
Arawa  105 40266
Mt. Hagen  1214 33623
Popondetta  781 28198
Madang  1053 27419
Kimbe  576 18847
Goroka  1082 18503
Kavieng  689 14490
Kundiawa  1130 9383
Rabaul  457 8074
Gizo  221 6154
Lorengau  1033 5806
Kerema  1029 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.15
Azimuthal gap 96.65 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 04:05:10.27 2.1 252.94 8.22 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:06:47.17 -0.97 212.57 15.6 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:08:32.32 1.58 117.67 24.77 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:10:03.92 0.22 271.31 35.23 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:10:16.27 -2.13 243.89 36.98 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:13:23.92 0.7 296.08 61.11 Automatic
IU ADK P 04:13:39.42 0.44 18.98 63.7 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:13:58.27 -0.26 357.6 66.73 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:14:15.52 0.24 327.75 69.29 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:14:31.7 0.66 347.76 71.84 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:14:51.67 -0.59 4.35 75.56 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:15:20.72 0.44 351.88 80.58 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:15:32.62 -1.83 21.02 83.22 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:15:37.22 -1 318.79 83.84 Automatic
II NIL P 04:15:54.47 -0.95 304.41 87.2 Automatic
II AAK P 04:16:00.17 1.35 313.42 87.96 Automatic