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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 08:48
Universal datetime 2016/12/08 21:48
Latitude -11.05 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.13 ° ± 4 km
Depth 120 km (from location) ± 11 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1537 283733
Nouméa  1364 93060
Lae  1627 76255
Mackay  1699 75922
Honiara  220 56298
Arawa  812 40266
Port Vila  1071 35901
Popondetta  1435 28198
Kimbe  1354 18847
Kavieng  1475 14490
Luganville  820 13397
Bowen  1703 10983
Rabaul  1247 8074
Gizo  573 6154
Kerema  1714 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.49
Azimuthal gap 120.14 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:51:54.17 -0.86 275.53 13.85 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:52:31.82 -1.18 235.92 16.93 Automatic
IU TARA P 21:52:37.47 3.24 44.11 17.07 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:52:39.97 -1.77 114.19 17.69 Automatic
IU AFI P 21:54:10.7 -0.94 99.04 26.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:54:16.52 -0.2 247.69 27.24 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:56:15.47 1 250.35 40.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:56:18.67 0.32 274.98 41.38 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:56:57.2 4.01 234.34 45.75 Automatic
IU KIP P 21:57:36.57 -0.56 50.99 51.6 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:57:40.87 -0.05 336.68 52.26 Automatic
IU POHA P 21:57:44.12 -0.68 54.37 52.62 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:58:39.50 1.76 345.66 60.28 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:00:15.37 -0.56 325.93 75.87 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:00:21.7 -1.24 345.46 77.09 Automatic
II KDAK P 22:00:30.87 0.57 23.16 78.49 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:00:32.27 -1.62 2.02 79.2 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:01:02.67 -1.32 19.35 84.91 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:01:04.62 -1.84 350.28 85.43 Automatic
II PFO P 22:01:29.42 0.33 55.64 89.89 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:01:32.42 -0.29 317.76 90.76 Automatic
II KURK P 22:01:45.42 -1.49 321.01 93.86 Automatic
IU TUC P 22:01:51.27 1.85 57.89 94.28 Automatic
IU ANMO P 22:02:08.77 1.49 55.85 98.25 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:02:11.52 0.03 322.48 99.32 Automatic