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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/10 06:38
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 19:38
Latitude -10.88 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 160.44 ° ± 12 km
Depth 202 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
Port Moresby  1459 283733
Nouméa  1413 93060
Lae  1548 76255
Mackay  1657 75922
Honiara  168 56298
Arawa  743 40266
Port Vila  1139 35901
Popondetta  1357 28198
Kimbe  1278 18847
Kavieng  1404 14490
Luganville  893 13397
Bowen  1654 10983
Rabaul  1175 8074
Gizo  501 6154
Kerema  1636 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.14
Azimuthal gap 160.48 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:39:30.59 0.4 341.46 1.51 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:42:32.52 -2.31 234.27 16.47 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:44:16.87 0.3 246.99 26.68 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:46:18.67 1.59 274.99 40.68 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:50:16.12 -0.1 326.18 75.34 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:50:23.17 -0.51 345.74 76.75 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:50:39.27 1.52 180.02 79.06 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:50:35.57 -0.74 2.29 79.06 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:51:06.62 -0.77 19.54 84.97 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:51:07.32 -0.78 350.47 85.15 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:51:34.29 1.37 317.89 90.18 Automatic