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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 19:11
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 08:11
Latitude -9.68 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 159.93 ° ± 5 km
Depth 69 km (from location) ± 5 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1398 283733
Nouméa  1557 93060
Lae  1462 76255
Honiara  27 56298
Arawa  614 40266
Port Vila  1271 35901
Popondetta  1287 28198
Madang  1637 27419
Kimbe  1172 18847
Kavieng  1278 14490
Luganville  1018 13397
Rabaul  1052 8074
Gizo  382 6154
Lorengau  1635 5806
Kerema  1562 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.01
Azimuthal gap 113.58 °
Number of stations used 8
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 08:11:52.9 -0.13 4.4 0.24 Automatic
IU PMG P 08:14:34.62 -1.99 270.17 12.59 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:15:33.2 2.24 230.17 16.8 Automatic
IU TARA P 08:15:35.42 2.29 50.23 17 Automatic
II MSVF P 08:15:58.77 -1.39 116.59 19.35 Automatic
IU ULN P 08:23:10.77 2.89 326.2 74.07 Automatic
IU BILL P 08:23:27.47 -1.55 2.49 77.88 Automatic
IU COLA P 08:23:59.62 -2.36 19.72 84.01 Automatic