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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/12 04:26
Universal datetime 2016/12/11 17:26
Latitude -10.78 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 161.54 ° ± 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  1579 283733
Nouméa  1374 93060
Lae  1661 76255
Mackay  1751 75922
Honiara  229 56298
Arawa  828 40266
Port Vila  1061 35901
Popondetta  1475 28198
Kimbe  1382 18847
Kavieng  1492 14490
Luganville  805 13397
Bowen  1755 10983
Rabaul  1266 8074
Gizo  595 6154
Kerema  1753 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.71
Azimuthal gap 64.62 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 17:26:47.17 0.96 310.54 2.06 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:29:37.82 4.64 274.27 14.22 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:30:14.2 -0.36 235.85 17.4 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:30:17.27 2.23 115.4 17.44 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:31:57.82 -2.41 247.43 27.71 Automatic
II TAU P 17:32:59.82 1.61 198.55 34.43 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:33:56.87 -1.26 250.14 41.37 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:34:01.72 0.43 274.57 41.75 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:34:34.97 -1.89 234.28 46.22 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:35:23.12 2.42 336.25 52.17 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:37:56.67 -0.57 325.73 75.87 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:38:01.57 -1.2 345.28 76.93 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:38:12.87 -0.9 1.87 78.93 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:38:15.97 -0.49 180.02 79.15 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:38:42.57 -1.07 19.25 84.53 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:38:45.67 -1.41 350.17 85.24 Automatic
II PFO P 17:39:09.37 0.81 55.57 89.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:39:13.79 -0.95 317.69 90.83 Automatic
II KURK P 17:39:27.17 -1.67 320.96 93.9 Automatic
IU ANMO P 17:39:48.2 1.09 55.77 97.78 Automatic