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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/12/22 01:44
Universal datetime 2015/12/21 15:44
Latitude -4.49 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 151.85 ° ± 4 km
Depth 160 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  754 283733
Lae  593 76255
Arawa  454 40266
Mt. Hagen  860 33623
Popondetta  619 28198
Madang  678 27419
Kimbe  223 18847
Goroka  738 18503
Wewak  918 18230
Kavieng  241 14490
Kundiawa  783 9383
Rabaul  45 8074
Gizo  681 6154
Lorengau  576 5806
Kerema  767 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.16
Azimuthal gap 54.69 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 15:45:42.27 0.1 223.21 6.77 Automatic
IU HNR P 15:46:15.84 -1.76 122.08 9.43 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:47:48.22 1.58 198.79 16.52 Automatic
IU GUMO P 15:48:19.52 1.88 339.11 19.36 Automatic
IU TARA P 15:48:45.19 -0.09 74.96 21.85 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:48:55.17 -0.56 226.34 22.99 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:50:17.22 0.49 267.72 31.99 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:50:43.92 -1.34 238.99 35.35 Automatic
II TAU P 15:51:13.27 1.69 185.32 38.63 Automatic
IU MAJO P 15:51:45.52 -1.38 343.85 42.97 Automatic
IU NWAO P 15:51:47.42 -0.93 224.34 43.01 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:52:28.12 0.81 332.96 48.08 Automatic
IU RAR P 15:52:42.87 1.03 114.14 49.78 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:53:35.39 0.71 295.87 57.05 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:54:30.12 0.46 328.67 65.38 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:54:49.77 -0.16 349.05 68.66 Automatic
II TLY P 15:54:55.72 0.3 330.42 69.48 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:55:20.22 2.42 5.64 73.28 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:55:22.54 1.19 176.77 73.78 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:55:42.82 0.29 352.76 77.59 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:55:54.72 -0.51 319.23 79.76 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:56:04.62 -2.02 21.86 82.01 Automatic
II KURK P 15:56:11.17 -1.13 322.35 83.02 Automatic
II NIL P 15:56:12.37 -0.67 304.72 83.06 Automatic
II AAK P 15:56:16.77 0.06 313.78 83.83 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:56:23.72 -0.79 180.01 85.44 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:56:37.67 -1.84 323.51 88.55 Automatic
II PFO P 15:57:05.22 0.39 56.55 93.89 Automatic
II UOSS P 15:57:17.87 -1.29 294.62 97.01 Automatic
IU RSSD P 15:57:47.32 1.07 45.66 103.24 Automatic