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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 05:52
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 18:52
Latitude -11.48 ° ± 14 km
Longitude 162.77 ° ± 13 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  1720 283733
Nouméa  1256 93060
Lae  1812 76255
Mackay  1804 75922
Honiara  383 56298
Nandi  1725 42284
Arawa  982 40266
Port Vila  914 35901
Popondetta  1619 28198
Kimbe  1537 18847
Kavieng  1646 14490
Luganville  653 13397
Yeppoon  1813 10769
Rabaul  1421 8074
Gizo  751 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.76
Azimuthal gap 238.08 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:55:45.77 1.67 276.22 15.49 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:56:18.72 2.4 239.48 18.06 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:58:00.82 -1.02 249.24 28.58 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:59:58.14 -1.29 251.09 42.29 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:00:02.67 -2.74 274.99 43.02 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:03:57.32 -0.87 325.35 77.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:04:01.67 -0.41 344.82 77.92 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:04:13.97 2.81 1.4 79.59 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:05:14.14 -0.55 317.46 92.17 Automatic