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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 12:58
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 01:58
Latitude -10.84 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.15 ° ± 5 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  1537 283733
Nouméa  1384 93060
Lae  1623 76255
Mackay  1716 75922
Honiara  204 56298
Arawa  799 40266
Port Vila  1085 35901
Popondetta  1434 28198
Kimbe  1347 18847
Kavieng  1463 14490
Luganville  832 13397
Bowen  1718 10983
Rabaul  1235 8074
Gizo  563 6154
Kerema  1712 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 120.61 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 01:59:29.89 1.08 319.76 1.84 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:02:54.67 -1.16 235.4 17.06 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:03:05.27 0.52 114.79 17.76 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:04:40.32 -2.35 247.33 27.34 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:06:41.59 0.77 250.13 41 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:06:46.72 2.69 274.75 41.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:10:40.82 -1.28 325.89 75.71 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:10:47.47 -0.87 345.44 76.9 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:10:58.97 -0.99 2.02 79 Automatic
II PALK P 02:11:21.62 2.93 279.02 82.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:11:28.77 -1.58 19.35 84.71 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:11:31.52 -1.33 350.28 85.24 Automatic
II PFO P 02:11:56.22 0.25 55.64 89.76 Automatic
II KURK P 02:12:12.82 -0.93 321.01 93.72 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:12:17.97 1.6 57.88 94.16 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:12:34.92 0.66 55.82 98.13 Automatic