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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/29 03:16
Universal datetime 2016/09/28 16:16
Latitude -11.16 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 166.14 ° ± 4 km
Depth 144 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  2083 283733
Nouméa  1229 93060
Suva  1533 77366
Honiara  704 56298
Nandi  1420 42284
Arawa  1284 40266
Port Vila  765 35901
Tarawa  1578 28802
Popondetta  1979 28198
Labasa  1545 24187
Kimbe  1867 18847
Kavieng  1940 14490
Luganville  495 13397
Rabaul  1724 8074
Gizo  1075 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.04
Azimuthal gap 70.86 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 16:17:46.77 -0.61 285.19 6.33 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:19:18.47 -0.71 121.11 13.28 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:19:30.14 -0.27 28.75 14.22 Automatic
IU PMG P 16:20:25.97 1.56 273.61 18.75 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:20:49.67 0.2 242.53 21.1 Automatic
IU AFI P 16:20:58.77 2.43 99.61 21.73 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:22:26.42 -0.86 250.04 31.78 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:24:21.89 0.2 251.22 45.51 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:24:53.97 0.08 236.01 49.72 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:26:49.72 0.09 201.23 66.41 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:26:50.62 -0.59 179.86 66.69 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:27:29.67 1.06 293.94 72.69 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:28:02.42 0.28 324.07 78.77 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:28:01.97 -0.96 180.03 78.78 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:28:24.47 -1.92 17.91 83.44 Automatic