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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 11:57
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 01:57
Latitude -4.71 ° ± 16 km
Longitude 153.65 ° ± 9 km
Depth 137 km (from location) ± 16 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  886 283733
Lae  771 76255
Honiara  871 56298
Arawa  271 40266
Mt. Hagen  1053 33623
Popondetta  747 28198
Madang  874 27419
Kimbe  399 18847
Goroka  928 18503
Kavieng  393 14490
Kundiawa  974 9383
Rabaul  176 8074
Gizo  515 6154
Lorengau  767 5806
Kerema  934 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.48
Azimuthal gap 156.33 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:59:40.17 -0.18 233.51 7.97 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:02:11.84 0.27 72.99 20.19 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:02:51.2 0.2 229.31 24.17 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:08:22.27 0.68 327.9 66.51 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:09:02.87 0.03 4.96 73.33 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:09:47.2 -0.17 318.88 81.1 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:09:48.37 -0.67 21.47 81.55 Automatic
II NIL P 02:10:06.12 0.15 304.48 84.65 Automatic
II AAK P 02:10:09.42 0.61 313.53 85.27 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:10:29.27 -0.93 323.35 89.79 Automatic