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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/17 23:01
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 12:01
Latitude -6.11 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 154.18 ° ± 11 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  855 283733
Lae  798 76255
Honiara  735 56298
Arawa  154 40266
Mt. Hagen  1103 33623
Popondetta  718 28198
Madang  935 27419
Kimbe  451 18847
Goroka  973 18503
Kavieng  540 14490
Kundiawa  1020 9383
Rabaul  308 8074
Gizo  367 6154
Lorengau  889 5806
Kerema  943 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.03
Azimuthal gap 158.73 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 12:02:58.2 2.2 244.19 7.69 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:04:46.27 -1.3 208.09 15.96 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:06:11.97 -3.53 232.46 23.7 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:10:02.37 1.08 331.63 50.59 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:12:03.27 1.25 327.97 67.98 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:12:18.82 0.33 348.11 70.71 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:12:41.47 -0.66 4.72 74.68 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:13:27.12 0.87 318.91 82.5 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:13:24.17 -2.38 21.28 82.67 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:13:37.27 4.12 180.01 83.82 Automatic
II NIL P 12:13:41.92 -2 304.5 85.88 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:14:08.87 0.03 323.29 91.23 Automatic