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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/18 05:54
Universal datetime 2016/12/17 18:54
Latitude -6.38 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 154.26 ° ± 5 km
Depth 73 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  851 283733
Lae  805 76255
Honiara  712 56298
Arawa  145 40266
Mt. Hagen  1114 33623
Popondetta  714 28198
Madang  948 27419
Kimbe  466 18847
Goroka  983 18503
Kavieng  569 14490
Kundiawa  1031 9383
Rabaul  337 8074
Gizo  341 6154
Lorengau  912 5806
Kerema  946 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.13
Azimuthal gap 72.6 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:56:05.29 0.1 118.86 6.4 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:56:21.22 -1.15 246.31 7.66 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:58:12.42 2.09 208.81 15.76 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:59:02.14 0.01 68.06 20.17 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:59:36.47 -1.19 233.07 23.6 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:05:27.22 1.56 327.99 68.26 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:05:41.92 -0.15 348.09 71 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:06:05.37 -0.07 4.68 74.95 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:06:50.47 1.21 318.91 82.77 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:06:48.2 -1.32 21.25 82.89 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:06:52.27 -1.1 180.01 83.55 Automatic