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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 16:14
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 06:14
Latitude -5.51 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.23 ° ± 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  798 283733
Lae  704 76255
Honiara  859 56298
Arawa  270 40266
Mt. Hagen  1000 33623
Popondetta  658 28198
Madang  826 27419
Kimbe  343 18847
Goroka  872 18503
Kavieng  421 14490
Kundiawa  918 9383
Rabaul  188 8074
Gizo  491 6154
Lorengau  765 5806
Kerema  860 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.3
Azimuthal gap 133 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 06:16:29.57 0.55 236.72 7.17 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:18:29.67 0.15 204.33 16.08 Automatic
IU TARA P 06:19:27.67 1.71 71.32 20.83 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:19:51.7 -1.26 230.13 23.34 Automatic
IU MAJO P 06:22:51.67 -1.12 342.66 44.34 Automatic
IU INCN P 06:23:36.27 1.96 332.18 49.62 Automatic
IU ULN P 06:25:37.32 1.26 328.27 66.97 Automatic
IU YAK P 06:25:54.72 0.58 348.49 69.93 Automatic
II PALK P 06:26:18.67 1.01 279.28 73.49 Automatic
IU BILL P 06:26:18.37 -1.17 5.09 74.16 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 06:27:01.12 0.07 319.05 81.43 Automatic
IU COLA P 06:27:02.87 -2.99 21.52 82.45 Automatic
II NIL P 06:27:18.77 -0.01 304.6 84.77 Automatic
II AAK P 06:27:22.87 0.56 313.64 85.53 Automatic
II BRVK P 06:27:43.12 -1.3 323.38 90.19 Automatic