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| Type | Event |
| Magnitude | 5 mb |
| Local datetime | 2016/12/06 12:17 |
| Universal datetime | 2016/12/06 02:17 |
| Latitude | 13.63 ° ± 8 km |
| Longitude | 147.05 ° ± 12 km |
| Depth | 10 km (from location) ± 0.0 km |
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Testify !Near cities
This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
| Name | Distance (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|
Jayapura 
|
1920 | 134895 |
Lae 
|
2251 | 76255 |
| Manokwari
|
2150 | 53190 |
| Nabire
|
2269 | 43898 |
| Mt. Hagen
|
2178 | 33623 |
| Madang
|
2089 | 27419 |
| Mendi
|
2218 | 26252 |
| Kimbe
|
2148 | 18847 |
| Goroka
|
2187 | 18503 |
| Wewak
|
1937 | 18230 |
| Kavieng
|
1840 | 14490 |
| Vanimo
|
1913 | 11204 |
| Kundiawa
|
2185 | 9383 |
| Rabaul
|
2051 | 8074 |
| Lorengau
|
1732 | 5806 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | |
|---|---|
| RMS | 2.46 |
| Azimuthal gap | 218.17 ° |
| Number of stations used | 6 |
| Number of phases used | 6 |
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Phases
| Network | Station | Phase | Time | Residual (s) | Azimuth (°) | Distance (°) | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IU | GUMO | P | 02:18:04.67 | 0.75 | 269.28 | 2.12 | Automatic |
| IU | MAJO | P | 02:22:49.37 | 4.57 | 342.5 | 24.25 | Automatic |
| II | WRAB | P | 02:24:27.27 | 0.92 | 200.67 | 35.81 | Automatic |
| IU | ULN | P | 02:26:02.72 | -1.42 | 324.28 | 47.61 | Automatic |
| II | KURK | P | 02:28:11.82 | -2.78 | 319.82 | 65.88 | Automatic |
| II | BRVK | P | 02:28:45.97 | -2.05 | 321.83 | 71.22 | Automatic |