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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 19:49
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 08:49
Latitude -10.18 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 161.08 ° ± 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  1525 283733
Nouméa  1455 93060
Lae  1597 76255
Mackay  1761 75922
Honiara  148 56298
Arawa  748 40266
Port Vila  1144 35901
Popondetta  1417 28198
Kimbe  1310 18847
Kavieng  1412 14490
Luganville  887 13397
Bowen  1758 10983
Rabaul  1187 8074
Gizo  520 6154
Kerema  1694 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.09
Azimuthal gap 187.23 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 08:49:45.14 -1.79 303.41 1.34 Automatic
IU PMG P 08:52:40.32 2.53 272.02 13.74 Automatic
IU TARA P 08:53:15.92 2.18 46.29 16.49 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:53:24.67 -0.64 233.52 17.39 Automatic
IU MAJO P 08:58:25.72 -0.69 336.46 51.44 Automatic
IU INCN P 08:59:15.72 4.56 327.86 57.55 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:01:03.17 -0.95 325.82 75.12 Automatic
IU YAK P 09:01:08.7 -1.94 345.43 76.23 Automatic
IU BILL P 09:01:19.82 -1.91 2.05 78.34 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:01:50.87 -1.85 19.39 84.1 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:02:22.97 0.51 317.77 90.08 Automatic