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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/12/29 12:51
Universal datetime 2015/12/29 01:51
Latitude -6.17 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 154.67 ° ± 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  902 283733
Lae  852 76255
Honiara  685 56298
Arawa  99 40266
Mt. Hagen  1158 33623
Popondetta  765 28198
Madang  990 27419
Kimbe  507 18847
Goroka  1028 18503
Kavieng  584 14490
Kundiawa  1075 9383
Rabaul  355 8074
Gizo  320 6154
Lorengau  940 5806
Kerema  995 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.61
Azimuthal gap 69.96 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:53:40.57 3.1 246.07 8.11 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:55:27.72 1.93 209.65 16.14 Automatic
IU GUMO P 01:56:36.67 3.41 333.81 22.03 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:56:54.2 -0.78 233.2 24.05 Automatic
II MSVF P 01:57:09.92 0.99 118.94 25.59 Automatic
IU MBWA P 01:58:47.67 -1.52 242.62 36.98 Automatic
II TAU P 01:58:50.62 0.06 188.9 37.31 Automatic
IU NWAO P 01:59:44.17 -1.51 227.43 43.86 Automatic
IU MAJO P 01:59:58.42 1.57 341.35 45.42 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:00:39.12 -0.28 331.25 50.89 Automatic
IU PET P 02:01:41.75 2.02 2.78 59.29 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:01:48.9 -0.55 295.79 60.32 Automatic
IU ADK P 02:02:07.2 1.81 19.39 63 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:02:23.72 0.2 357.83 65.82 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:02:39.12 -0.79 327.77 68.3 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:02:56.72 1.33 347.89 70.88 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:03:16.87 -1.29 4.53 74.7 Automatic
II PALK P 02:03:21.57 -0.43 279.25 75.01 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:03:44.62 -1.39 351.98 79.63 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:03:59.57 -2.24 21.16 82.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:04:03.74 -0.34 318.81 82.88 Automatic
II KURK P 02:04:19.62 -0.58 321.98 86.07 Automatic
II NIL P 02:04:20.22 -1.77 304.43 86.33 Automatic
II AAK P 02:04:23.92 -1.23 313.46 87.03 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:04:43.7 -3.27 323.25 91.58 Automatic
II PFO P 02:04:51.32 0.27 56.45 92.48 Automatic
IU RSSD P 02:05:36.52 1.28 46.12 102.39 Automatic