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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/18 20:57
Universal datetime 2016/12/18 09:57
Latitude -10.85 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 164.46 ° ± 7 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  1898 283733
Nouméa  1280 93060
Suva  1708 77366
Honiara  518 56298
Nandi  1594 42284
Arawa  1104 40266
Port Vila  868 35901
Tarawa  1648 28802
Popondetta  1793 28198
Labasa  1727 24187
Kimbe  1682 18847
Kavieng  1763 14490
Luganville  594 13397
Rabaul  1544 8074
Gizo  891 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.57
Azimuthal gap 144.93 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 09:58:46.62 0.58 287.24 4.66 Automatic
IU TARA P 10:01:07.57 2.98 35.1 14.83 Automatic
IU CTAO P 10:02:05.72 -0.46 240 19.8 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:03:50.87 3.1 248.92 30.35 Automatic
IU MAJO P 10:06:55.7 0.84 333.74 53.45 Automatic
IU ULN P 10:09:29.92 -0.99 324.63 77.57 Automatic
IU YAK P 10:09:30.82 -0.62 344.11 77.76 Automatic
IU BILL P 10:09:36.47 -1.33 0.76 78.93 Automatic
IU QSPA P 10:09:40.32 0.2 180.02 79.08 Automatic
IU COLA P 10:10:01.32 -1.92 18.41 83.67 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 10:10:46.52 -1.49 317.2 92.83 Automatic
II BRVK P 10:11:24.62 -0.89 322.34 101.15 Automatic