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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 05:03
Universal datetime 2016/12/19 19:03
Latitude -5.35 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 152.85 ° ± 6 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  773 283733
Lae  667 76255
Honiara  904 56298
Arawa  316 40266
Mt. Hagen  959 33623
Popondetta  634 28198
Madang  784 27419
Kimbe  301 18847
Goroka  831 18503
Kavieng  381 14490
Kundiawa  878 9383
Rabaul  149 8074
Gizo  535 6154
Lorengau  720 5806
Kerema  827 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.07
Azimuthal gap 128.12 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:05:18.22 1.57 233.96 6.95 Automatic
IU HNR P 19:05:33.47 0.54 120.61 8.14 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:07:19.52 -0.59 202.94 16.08 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:08:39.57 -1.55 229.31 23.16 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:14:25.87 1.25 328.4 66.64 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:14:42.67 -0.73 348.65 69.7 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:15:35.37 -0.06 352.49 78.57 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:15:49.34 -0.44 319.11 81.07 Automatic
II NIL P 19:16:08.77 1.33 304.64 84.37 Automatic
II AAK P 19:16:11.47 0.38 313.69 85.14 Automatic
II BRVK P 19:16:31.77 -1.69 323.42 89.83 Automatic