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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 17:33
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 06:33
Latitude -10.76 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.53 ° ± 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  1577 283733
Nouméa  1376 93060
Lae  1660 76255
Mackay  1752 75922
Honiara  226 56298
Arawa  826 40266
Port Vila  1064 35901
Popondetta  1473 28198
Kimbe  1380 18847
Kavieng  1490 14490
Luganville  807 13397
Bowen  1756 10983
Rabaul  1264 8074
Gizo  593 6154
Kerema  1751 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.68
Azimuthal gap 64.57 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 06:34:25.4 1.38 310.26 2.04 Automatic
IU PMG P 06:37:14.62 3.85 274.18 14.21 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:37:50.37 -1.81 235.78 17.41 Automatic
II MSVF P 06:37:55.7 2.06 115.45 17.46 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:39:35.52 -2.45 247.39 27.71 Automatic
IU MBWA P 06:41:35.77 -0.1 250.12 41.37 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:45:34.2 -0.84 325.73 75.85 Automatic
IU YAK P 06:45:39.27 -1.11 345.28 76.91 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:45:50.42 -0.98 1.87 78.91 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:45:55.27 0.94 180.02 79.17 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:46:19.82 -1.48 19.25 84.51 Automatic
IU TIXI P 06:46:24.67 -0.04 350.18 85.22 Automatic
II PFO P 06:46:46.87 0.58 55.57 89.41 Automatic