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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 07:50
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 20:50
Latitude -10.40 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.06 ° ± 6 km
Depth 75 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1524 283733
Nouméa  1433 93060
Lae  1601 76255
Mackay  1743 75922
Honiara  162 56298
Arawa  761 40266
Port Vila  1128 35901
Popondetta  1418 28198
Kimbe  1317 18847
Kavieng  1425 14490
Luganville  872 13397
Bowen  1741 10983
Rabaul  1199 8074
Gizo  530 6154
Kerema  1695 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.49
Azimuthal gap 118.14 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 20:50:54.99 -0.08 311.12 1.46 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:54:26.12 0.05 234.07 17.24 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:54:35.72 0.27 115.93 18.03 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:56:08.87 -0.41 246.49 27.43 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:58:06.42 -0.46 249.64 41.07 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:58:09.27 0.76 274.27 41.26 Automatic
IU MAJO P 20:59:27.77 0.07 336.55 51.64 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:02:05.57 1.14 325.86 75.29 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:02:10.12 -0.38 345.45 76.44 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:02:22.12 -0.09 2.05 78.56 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:02:52.52 -0.44 19.39 84.32 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:02:54.72 -0.42 350.3 84.78 Automatic