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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/09 23:07
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 13:07
Latitude 13.20 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 145.64 ° ± 14 km
Depth 129 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Jayapura  1823 134895
Lae  2209 76255
Manokwari  2013 53190
Nabire  2145 43898
Mt. Hagen  2114 33623
Madang  2038 27419
Mendi  2151 26252
Kimbe  2133 18847
Goroka  2133 18503
Wewak  1866 18230
Kavieng  1837 14490
Vanimo  1821 11204
Kundiawa  2127 9383
Rabaul  2055 8074
Lorengau  1694 5806

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.81
Azimuthal gap 136.45 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU GUMO P 13:07:56.97 0.31 297.61 0.84 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:13:56.97 -1.3 178.94 33.29 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:15:52.82 -0.84 325.21 47.16 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:16:59.57 -3.15 9.16 56.51 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:17:44.74 0.22 316.24 62.47 Automatic
II KURK P 13:18:02.62 -0.56 320.1 65.33 Automatic
II NIL P 13:18:23.77 2.16 301.28 68.16 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:18:36.57 -0.32 321.97 70.7 Automatic
IU RSSD P 13:20:45.97 3.46 42.5 94.81 Automatic