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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/10 08:38
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 21:38
Latitude -10.74 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 161.28 ° ± 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  1550 283733
Nouméa  1388 93060
Lae  1634 76255
Mackay  1734 75922
Honiara  205 56298
Arawa  803 40266
Port Vila  1083 35901
Popondetta  1446 28198
Kimbe  1355 18847
Kavieng  1467 14490
Luganville  829 13397
Bowen  1736 10983
Rabaul  1241 8074
Gizo  569 6154
Kerema  1725 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.68
Azimuthal gap 55.4 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:39:00.79 5.27 314.72 1.85 Automatic
IU TARA P 21:42:19.29 1.25 44.43 16.75 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:42:25.27 0.91 235.34 17.22 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:42:30.47 0.13 115.22 17.68 Automatic
IU AFI P 21:44:01.57 -0.17 99.66 26.49 Automatic
IU RAO P 21:44:08.17 4.25 136.64 26.81 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:44:09.37 -1.21 247.23 27.49 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:46:11.52 0 274.6 41.5 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:46:46.77 -0.95 234.15 46.04 Automatic
IU KIP P 21:47:27.72 0.19 51.07 51.3 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:47:31.72 -0.26 336.46 52.04 Automatic
IU POHA P 21:47:35.17 -0.16 54.46 52.33 Automatic
IU INCN P 21:48:17.37 1 327.9 58.14 Automatic
IU ADK P 21:49:06.32 1.05 14.75 65.45 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:49:17.12 -0.37 178.75 67.16 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:50:08.37 -0.18 325.82 75.7 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:50:13.12 -1.37 345.38 76.83 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:50:24.67 -1.23 1.97 78.9 Automatic
II PALK P 21:50:47.2 1.24 278.98 82.19 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:50:54.67 -1.5 19.32 84.57 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:50:56.97 -2 350.24 85.16 Automatic
II PFO P 21:51:21.2 -0.7 55.61 89.6 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:51:24.54 -1.58 317.73 90.64 Automatic
II KURK P 21:51:38.2 -2.25 321 93.72 Automatic
IU TUC P 21:51:42.57 0.42 57.85 94 Automatic
IU ANMO P 21:52:00.17 0.12 55.8 97.96 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:52:02.97 -1.91 322.51 99.17 Automatic