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Type Event
Magnitude 6.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/18 16:46
Universal datetime 2016/12/18 05:46
Latitude -10.23 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 161.25 ° ± 3 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  1544 283733
Nouméa  1442 93060
Lae  1617 76255
Mackay  1770 75922
Honiara  168 56298
Arawa  767 40266
Port Vila  1127 35901
Popondetta  1437 28198
Kimbe  1329 18847
Kavieng  1431 14490
Luganville  869 13397
Bowen  1769 10983
Rabaul  1206 8074
Gizo  540 6154
Kerema  1713 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.56
Azimuthal gap 62.13 °
Number of stations used 38
Number of phases used 38

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 05:46:50.39 2.56 301.58 1.51 Automatic
IU PMG P 05:49:43.62 5.13 272.18 13.91 Automatic
IU TARA P 05:50:11.97 0.97 45.73 16.41 Automatic
IU CTAO P 05:50:26.97 1.99 233.95 17.49 Automatic
IU FUNA P 05:50:30.7 1.05 86.02 17.79 Automatic
II MSVF P 05:50:33.37 2.7 116.62 17.94 Automatic
II KWAJ P 05:50:57.12 3.71 18.62 20.06 Automatic
IU AFI P 05:52:00.27 0.2 100.66 26.61 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:52:08.27 -1.11 246.31 27.67 Automatic
II TAU P 05:53:12.32 0.83 197.97 34.86 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:54:05.89 -1.17 249.5 41.3 Automatic
II KAPI P 05:54:07.32 -0.9 274.03 41.43 Automatic
IU XMAS P 05:54:20.89 0.81 75.67 42.91 Automatic
IU NWAO P 05:54:46.17 -0.97 233.74 46.32 Automatic
IU KIP P 05:55:23.22 0.65 51.42 51 Automatic
IU MAJO P 05:55:23.97 -1.69 336.32 51.56 Automatic
IU POHA P 05:55:30.72 0.14 54.81 52.05 Automatic
IU TATO P 05:55:32.12 -0.34 312.93 52.35 Automatic
IU INCN P 05:56:10.2 -0.46 327.75 57.69 Automatic
IU YSS P 05:56:22.75 -0.04 345.45 59.52 Automatic
IU PET P 05:56:47.65 -0.58 358.25 63.29 Automatic
IU ADK P 05:56:59.82 0.45 14.83 64.96 Automatic
IU CASY P 05:57:03.7 -1.68 199.99 65.59 Automatic
IU SBA P 05:57:18.17 0.19 178.75 67.68 Automatic
IU MA2 P 05:57:31.52 -1.64 354.39 70.31 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:58:02.37 -0.92 325.76 75.26 Automatic
IU YAK P 05:58:07.22 -1.69 345.36 76.33 Automatic
II KDAK P 05:58:16.2 -0.81 23.18 77.7 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:58:18.82 -1.54 1.98 78.39 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:58:27.32 -1.67 180.02 79.7 Automatic
II PALK P 05:58:41.57 -0.9 278.92 82.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 05:58:48.92 -2.13 19.34 84.1 Automatic
IU COR P 05:59:07.12 0.64 43.65 87.05 Automatic
II PFO P 05:59:17.17 -0.59 55.62 89.34 Automatic
IU SLBS P 05:59:35.7 -0.08 66.47 93.01 Automatic
IU TUC P 05:59:38.17 -0.11 57.83 93.75 Automatic
IU ANMO P 05:59:56.32 0.17 55.74 97.7 Automatic
II FFC P 06:00:14.72 -1.19 35.93 102.24 Automatic