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Type Event
Magnitude 7.5 Mwp
Local datetime 2016/12/09 04:38
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 17:38
Latitude -10.64 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 161.32 ° ± 3 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  1554 283733
Nouméa  1397 93060
Lae  1635 76255
Mackay  1744 75922
Honiara  201 56298
Arawa  800 40266
Port Vila  1089 35901
Popondetta  1449 28198
Kimbe  1354 18847
Kavieng  1464 14490
Luganville  833 13397
Bowen  1746 10983
Rabaul  1238 8074
Gizo  567 6154
Kerema  1727 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.91
Azimuthal gap 34.01 °
Number of stations used 56
Number of phases used 56

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:39:15.34 1.08 311.55 1.81 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:42:07.17 5.38 273.81 14 Automatic
IU TARA P 17:42:37.62 1.5 44.57 16.65 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:42:46.52 1.7 235.13 17.31 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:42:51.7 1.29 115.55 17.69 Automatic
IU FUNA P 17:42:52.57 1.9 84.71 17.75 Automatic
II KWAJ P 17:43:21.87 2.4 18.08 20.43 Automatic
IU AFI P 17:44:19.97 -0.92 99.87 26.47 Automatic
IU RAO P 17:44:24.2 0.34 136.82 26.86 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:44:28.82 -1.77 247.07 27.57 Automatic
IU GUMO P 17:44:45.12 0.95 325.67 29.22 Automatic
IU WAKE P 17:44:56.57 2.63 9.99 30.38 Automatic
IU SNZO P 17:45:15.87 -0.26 161.3 32.85 Automatic
II TAU P 17:45:32.52 2.12 198.23 34.49 Automatic
IU RAR P 17:46:07.67 -0.36 110.73 38.76 Automatic
IU DAV P 17:46:19.27 3.38 294.95 39.74 Automatic
IU JOHN P 17:46:16.19 0.89 46.84 39.75 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:46:26.42 -2.1 249.95 41.22 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:46:31.2 -0.08 274.48 41.53 Automatic
IU MIDW P 17:46:50.24 1.09 27.46 43.99 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:47:07.22 -0.56 234.09 46.13 Automatic
IU KIP P 17:47:46.7 -0.09 51.11 51.21 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:47:48.47 -2.26 336.39 51.96 Automatic
IU POHA P 17:47:53.62 -0.37 54.5 52.24 Automatic
IU TATO P 17:47:58.87 1.9 313.11 52.68 Automatic
II ERM P 17:48:17.27 2.69 343.62 55.24 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:48:36.17 0.93 327.84 58.07 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:48:47.40 -0.32 345.46 59.94 Automatic
IU PET P 17:49:12.90 -0.13 358.21 63.71 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:49:24.22 -0.28 200.08 65.23 Automatic
IU ADK P 17:49:24.37 0.47 14.74 65.34 Automatic
IU PTCN P 17:49:34.27 2.32 112.85 66.22 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:49:37.82 0.35 178.76 67.27 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:49:57.62 -0.14 354.36 70.73 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:50:25.52 -2.01 325.79 75.63 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:50:30.22 -3.1 345.36 76.74 Automatic
II KDAK P 17:50:40.7 -0.78 23.12 78.05 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:50:42.17 -2.5 1.95 78.79 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:50:46.42 -2.43 180.02 79.29 Automatic
II PALK P 17:51:06.7 0.84 278.96 82.21 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:51:12.2 -2.94 19.31 84.46 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:51:15.27 -2.57 350.23 85.06 Automatic
IU COR P 17:51:31.77 2.02 43.62 87.3 Automatic
II DGAR P 17:51:33.72 1.52 262.92 87.53 Automatic
II PFO P 17:51:39.12 -1.52 55.61 89.51 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:51:41.59 -3.63 317.73 90.59 Automatic
IU SLBS P 17:51:58.2 0.34 66.48 93.11 Automatic
II KURK P 17:51:55.42 -3.94 321 93.66 Automatic
IU TUC P 17:51:59.72 -1.37 57.84 93.91 Automatic
II NIL P 17:52:00.12 -2.59 303.46 94.27 Automatic
II AAK P 17:52:05.2 -0.18 312.51 94.88 Automatic
IU PMSA P 17:52:17.57 0.68 162.2 97.31 Automatic
IU ANMO P 17:52:19.22 0.23 55.78 97.88 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:52:20.72 -3.24 322.51 99.11 Automatic
IU RSSD P 17:52:31.77 0.65 46.73 100.7 Automatic
II FFC P 17:52:40.12 0.85 35.98 102.53 Automatic