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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/17 22:52
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 12:52
Latitude -5.92 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 153.61 ° ± 5 km
Depth 68 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  809 283733
Lae  738 76255
Honiara  801 56298
Arawa  220 40266
Mt. Hagen  1040 33623
Popondetta  670 28198
Madang  870 27419
Kimbe  386 18847
Goroka  910 18503
Kavieng  482 14490
Kundiawa  957 9383
Rabaul  250 8074
Gizo  430 6154
Lorengau  824 5806
Kerema  887 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.95
Azimuthal gap 60.37 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:54:26.7 0.2 119.64 7.2 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:54:26.7 -0.83 240.99 7.28 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:56:22.37 0.7 206.08 15.87 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:57:17.17 0.03 69.93 20.61 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:57:45.22 -0.45 231.38 23.37 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:59:19.67 1.23 269.83 33.71 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:03:33.67 2.32 328.19 67.52 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:04:13.47 0.01 4.94 74.54 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:04:53.94 -1.62 319.01 81.99 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:04:58.2 -0.7 21.42 82.7 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:05:05.87 -0.19 180.01 84.01 Automatic
II AAK P 13:05:16.42 -0.16 313.61 86.08 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:05:37.92 -0.55 323.35 90.74 Automatic