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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 06:15
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 19:15
Latitude -10.76 ° ± 10 km
Longitude 161.38 ° ± 6 km
Depth 179 km (from location) ± 18 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1562 283733
Nouméa  1382 93060
Lae  1645 76255
Mackay  1740 75922
Honiara  215 56298
Arawa  813 40266
Port Vila  1074 35901
Popondetta  1458 28198
Kimbe  1366 18847
Kavieng  1477 14490
Luganville  819 13397
Bowen  1743 10983
Rabaul  1251 8074
Gizo  580 6154
Kerema  1736 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.75
Azimuthal gap 120.28 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:19:05.62 0.44 274.27 14.07 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:19:41.7 -1.71 235.56 17.29 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:19:46.47 0.3 115.27 17.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:21:24.62 0.62 247.32 27.58 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:23:22.24 1.14 250.09 41.24 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:27:18.62 0.06 325.79 75.77 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:27:23.47 -0.81 345.34 76.88 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:27:35.37 -0.06 1.93 78.91 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:28:05.22 -0.05 19.29 84.56 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:28:08.37 0.08 350.21 85.2 Automatic