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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/18 00:22
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 13:22
Latitude -6.41 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 154.46 ° ± 5 km
Depth 87 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  869 283733
Lae  827 76255
Honiara  692 56298
Arawa  124 40266
Mt. Hagen  1135 33623
Popondetta  733 28198
Madang  969 27419
Kimbe  487 18847
Goroka  1005 18503
Kavieng  585 14490
Kundiawa  1052 9383
Rabaul  354 8074
Gizo  322 6154
Lorengau  932 5806
Kerema  967 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 63.02 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 13:24:09.89 0.61 119.5 6.22 Automatic
IU PMG P 13:24:29.57 -1.59 247.01 7.83 Automatic
IU CTAO P 13:26:15.87 -1.18 209.43 15.83 Automatic
IU GUMO P 13:27:30.97 3.38 334.56 22.15 Automatic
II WRAB P 13:27:42.92 -1.17 233.36 23.74 Automatic
II KAPI P 13:29:22.32 1.73 270.46 34.56 Automatic
IU MBWA P 13:29:40.32 1.86 242.79 36.68 Automatic
II TAU P 13:29:41.87 1.74 188.69 37.04 Automatic
IU INCN P 13:31:30.87 -0.63 331.52 50.99 Automatic
IU CASY P 13:33:24.12 0.92 197.64 67.04 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:33:31.32 0.03 327.91 68.38 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:33:47.47 0.17 348.01 71.06 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:34:09.32 -1 4.61 74.95 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:34:51.32 -2.57 21.2 82.84 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:34:53.44 -1.36 318.87 82.91 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:34:57.57 -0.47 180.01 83.52 Automatic
II NIL P 13:35:11.62 -0.63 304.48 86.28 Automatic
II AAK P 13:35:15.62 -0.01 313.5 87.03 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:35:35.22 -1.79 323.26 91.64 Automatic
II PFO P 13:35:43.42 0.55 56.48 92.78 Automatic
II UOSS P 13:36:17.12 1.42 294.27 100.16 Automatic
IU RSSD P 13:36:27.2 -0.01 46.15 102.71 Automatic