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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/10 06:43
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 19:43
Latitude -11.69 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 161.36 ° ± 4 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  1570 283733
Nouméa  1288 93060
Lae  1672 76255
Mackay  1671 75922
Honiara  293 56298
Arawa  878 40266
Port Vila  1003 35901
Popondetta  1473 28198
Kimbe  1409 18847
Kavieng  1540 14490
Luganville  758 13397
Bowen  1681 10983
Yeppoon  1693 10769
Rabaul  1311 8074
Gizo  636 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.53
Azimuthal gap 67.47 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 19:44:12.14 1.7 328.15 2.65 Automatic
IU PMG P 19:46:50.22 1.78 277.95 14.15 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:47:24.62 1.93 238.06 16.77 Automatic
II MSVF P 19:47:32.12 3.48 112.55 17.23 Automatic
IU TARA P 19:47:31.52 1.63 42.11 17.38 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:49:11.72 -0.35 248.97 27.21 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:51:10.24 -0.37 251.09 40.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:51:13.57 -3.24 275.64 41.66 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:52:43.72 1.13 336.67 52.94 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:53:29.47 3.28 328.15 58.98 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:55:28.17 0.43 180.02 78.24 Automatic
II PFO P 19:56:23.12 -4.7 55.6 90.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:56:29.4 -4.5 317.71 91.39 Automatic
II KURK P 19:56:48.2 0.23 320.95 94.5 Automatic
IU ANMO P 19:57:03.62 -2.41 55.9 98.43 Automatic