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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/17 21:22
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 11:22
Latitude -4.03 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.20 ° ± 6 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  895 283733
Lae  750 76255
Honiara  956 56298
Arawa  357 40266
Mt. Hagen  1017 33623
Popondetta  758 28198
Madang  833 27419
Kimbe  378 18847
Goroka  896 18503
Kavieng  310 14490
Kundiawa  940 9383
Rabaul  119 8074
Gizo  603 6154
Lorengau  694 5806
Kerema  922 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.74
Azimuthal gap 107.64 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 11:24:33.47 5.05 227.85 8.05 Automatic
IU HNR P 11:24:37.34 1.28 129.24 8.61 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:26:35.27 1.42 202.29 17.42 Automatic
II WRAB P 11:27:47.37 -1.44 227.57 24.29 Automatic
IU MBWA P 11:29:32.74 -6.28 239.3 36.74 Automatic
II TAU P 11:29:57.7 -1.58 186.81 39.22 Automatic
IU NWAO P 11:30:39.57 -1.4 224.91 44.28 Automatic
IU INCN P 11:31:15.2 3.22 331.61 48.3 Automatic
II PALK P 11:34:04.62 1 278.85 73.22 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 11:34:43.49 0.93 318.9 80.3 Automatic
IU COLA P 11:34:45.7 -1.21 21.6 81.09 Automatic
II BRVK P 11:35:25.37 -1 323.38 88.99 Automatic