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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/15 03:34
Universal datetime 2016/12/14 16:34
Latitude -10.25 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 161.70 ° ± 7 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  1594 283733
Nouméa  1422 93060
Lae  1666 76255
Mackay  1805 75922
Honiara  212 56298
Arawa  809 40266
Port Vila  1093 35901
Tarawa  1792 28802
Popondetta  1486 28198
Kimbe  1376 18847
Kavieng  1473 14490
Luganville  832 13397
Rabaul  1249 8074
Gizo  586 6154
Kerema  1763 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.18
Azimuthal gap 180.89 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 16:35:25.72 -1.09 294.9 1.91 Automatic
IU PMG P 16:38:19.92 2.2 272.1 14.36 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:39:03.57 1.07 234.73 17.84 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:40:44.2 -2.1 246.59 28.07 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:42:42.32 -1.26 249.61 41.71 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:45:39.12 0.35 200.11 65.73 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:46:38.12 0.17 325.59 75.52 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:46:42.47 -0.31 345.18 76.46 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:46:54.7 0.58 1.81 78.39 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:47:23.87 0.38 19.22 83.97 Automatic