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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/27 06:39
Universal datetime 2016/09/26 19:39
Latitude -10.93 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 162.31 ° ± 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  1664 283733
Nouméa  1329 93060
Lae  1747 76255
Mackay  1803 75922
Honiara  306 56298
Nandi  1797 42284
Arawa  906 40266
Port Vila  993 35901
Tarawa  1802 28802
Popondetta  1560 28198
Kimbe  1466 18847
Kavieng  1570 14490
Luganville  732 13397
Rabaul  1345 8074
Gizo  677 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.53
Azimuthal gap 96.86 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:39:50.57 -0.48 302.5 2.76 Automatic
IU PMG P 19:42:41.42 2.56 274.46 14.98 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:43:03.37 2.48 115.89 16.7 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:43:17.2 0.55 237.39 17.95 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:45:01.62 0.38 248.08 28.35 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:46:57.27 -1.54 250.44 42.04 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:49:47.7 -1.48 200.36 65.29 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:49:59.4 -0.09 178.98 66.96 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:50:57.52 1.91 325.45 76.42 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:50:58.32 -1.57 344.98 77.27 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:51:09.12 -1.78 180.02 79 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:51:37.37 -0.94 19.03 84.42 Automatic