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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 06:58
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 19:58
Latitude -11.61 ° ± 11 km
Longitude 161.19 ° ± 7 km
Depth 243 km (from location) ± 22 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1550 283733
Nouméa  1305 93060
Lae  1650 76255
Mackay  1662 75922
Honiara  276 56298
Arawa  858 40266
Port Vila  1024 35901
Popondetta  1452 28198
Kimbe  1388 18847
Kavieng  1519 14490
Luganville  779 13397
Bowen  1671 10983
Yeppoon  1688 10769
Rabaul  1290 8074
Gizo  615 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.11
Azimuthal gap 124.93 °
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 CTAO P 20:01:49.92 -1.99 237.55 16.67 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:02:00.52 0.3 112.63 17.42 Automatic
IU TARA P 20:02:00.37 0.52 42.73 17.44 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:03:35.52 1.48 248.73 27.08 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:05:38.62 1.48 275.6 41.48 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:09:35.2 0.13 325.98 76.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:09:40.42 -1.1 345.47 77.64 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:09:52.22 -0.72 2 79.76 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:10:24.2 -1.01 350.28 85.99 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:10:51.37 0.91 317.74 91.21 Automatic