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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/17 23:27
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 12:27
Latitude -5.91 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.18 ° ± 5 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  866 283733
Lae  801 76255
Honiara  746 56298
Arawa  157 40266
Mt. Hagen  1104 33623
Popondetta  728 28198
Madang  933 27419
Kimbe  449 18847
Goroka  974 18503
Kavieng  525 14490
Kundiawa  1021 9383
Rabaul  294 8074
Gizo  380 6154
Lorengau  878 5806
Kerema  949 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.89
Azimuthal gap 76 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:29:04.67 1.89 122.08 6.72 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:29:20.37 2.82 242.89 7.79 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:31:09.57 -0.75 207.78 16.14 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:31:59.17 1.38 69.36 20.07 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:32:35.97 -1.21 232.11 23.83 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:36:24.22 3.77 331.55 50.42 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:38:21.62 0.18 327.93 67.81 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:38:36.92 -0.85 348.09 70.51 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:39:00.17 -1.27 4.73 74.48 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:39:44.74 -1.21 318.89 82.36 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:39:43.47 -2.57 21.29 82.48 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:39:52.12 -2.5 180.01 84.02 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:40:28.92 0.33 323.29 91.07 Automatic