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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/10 10:39
Universal datetime 2016/12/09 23:39
Latitude -10.41 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 161.16 ° ± 4 km
Depth 78 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  1535 283733
Nouméa  1427 93060
Lae  1612 76255
Mackay  1749 75922
Honiara  171 56298
Arawa  771 40266
Port Vila  1119 35901
Popondetta  1429 28198
Kimbe  1328 18847
Kavieng  1435 14490
Luganville  862 13397
Bowen  1748 10983
Rabaul  1209 8074
Gizo  540 6154
Kerema  1706 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.44
Azimuthal gap 117.84 °
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 31

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 23:40:09.69 -3.04 309.04 1.54 Automatic
IU PMG P 23:43:01.97 2.4 272.95 13.83 Automatic
IU TARA P 23:43:36.97 2.79 45.51 16.6 Automatic
IU CTAO P 23:43:44.57 1.32 234.27 17.31 Automatic
II MSVF P 23:43:48.67 -1.97 116.01 17.93 Automatic
II KWAJ P 23:44:17.2 2.13 18.7 20.26 Automatic
II WRAB P 23:45:26.27 0.01 246.57 27.51 Automatic
IU MBWA P 23:47:24.7 0.27 249.67 41.16 Automatic
II KAPI P 23:47:26.7 0.55 274.26 41.36 Automatic
IU NWAO P 23:48:03.97 0.44 233.85 46.14 Automatic
IU MAJO P 23:48:43.37 -0.9 336.46 51.69 Automatic
IU POHA P 23:48:48.72 -0.79 54.75 52.23 Automatic
II ERM P 23:49:11.22 3.06 343.71 54.97 Automatic
IU INCN P 23:49:29.82 1.11 327.88 57.79 Automatic
IU YSS P 23:49:41.65 0.35 345.55 59.68 Automatic
IU PET P 23:50:06.20 -0.56 358.31 63.47 Automatic
IU ADK P 23:50:17.72 -0.24 14.86 65.16 Automatic
IU MA2 P 23:50:50.67 -0.74 354.44 70.49 Automatic
IU ULN P 23:51:20.82 -0.15 325.82 75.36 Automatic
IU YAK P 23:51:25.82 -1.04 345.41 76.48 Automatic
II KDAK P 23:51:34.77 -0.24 23.2 77.9 Automatic
IU BILL P 23:51:37.57 -0.85 2.01 78.57 Automatic
IU COLA P 23:52:07.47 -1.53 19.36 84.3 Automatic
IU TIXI P 23:52:10.12 -1.32 350.27 84.81 Automatic
II PFO P 23:52:35.62 0.19 55.64 89.51 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:52:37.57 -1.17 317.76 90.31 Automatic
II KURK P 23:52:51.7 -1.8 321.03 93.39 Automatic
IU TUC P 23:52:56.32 0.42 57.85 93.92 Automatic
IU ANMO P 23:53:14.37 0.63 55.77 97.88 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:53:16.7 -1.41 322.54 98.83 Automatic
IU RSSD P 23:53:27.77 2.08 46.71 100.66 Automatic