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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/20 23:33
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 12:33
Latitude -10.10 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 160.88 ° ± 3 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  1504 283733
Nouméa  1471 93060
Lae  1575 76255
Honiara  126 56298
Arawa  726 40266
Port Vila  1165 35901
Popondetta  1395 28198
Madang  1751 27419
Kimbe  1287 18847
Kavieng  1390 14490
Luganville  908 13397
Bowen  1747 10983
Rabaul  1165 8074
Gizo  497 6154
Kerema  1672 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.51
Azimuthal gap 62.12 °
Number of stations used 33
Number of phases used 33

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:33:37.7 0.05 305.64 1.14 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:36:31.17 2.97 271.77 13.54 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:37:08.52 0.6 46.95 16.58 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:37:16.32 -0.68 233 17.28 Automatic
IU FUNA P 12:37:27.89 -0.09 86.55 18.14 Automatic
II MSVF P 12:37:30.72 0.86 116.54 18.32 Automatic
IU AFI P 12:38:58.77 0.58 100.85 26.99 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:39:00.7 -1.51 245.87 27.39 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:40:58.32 -1.03 249.28 41.01 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:41:00.32 0.44 273.98 41.06 Automatic
IU XMAS P 12:41:18.34 0.98 75.97 43.22 Automatic
IU NWAO P 12:41:43.57 3.42 233.5 46.11 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:42:17.42 -0.97 336.61 51.29 Automatic
IU POHA P 12:42:27.42 0.47 55.11 52.28 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:43:04.2 0.97 327.97 57.38 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:43:15.80 -0.21 345.71 59.31 Automatic
IU PET P 12:43:44.100 2.99 358.49 63.15 Automatic
IU ADK P 12:43:56.37 2.5 15.07 64.93 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:44:13.69 0.16 178.67 67.81 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:44:26.62 -0.24 354.57 70.15 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:44:55.22 -0.98 325.89 74.95 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:45:00.42 -1.96 345.51 76.11 Automatic
II KDAK P 12:45:11.2 -0.66 23.33 77.72 Automatic
IU BILL P 12:45:12.57 -1.85 2.12 78.27 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:45:21.97 -2.41 180.02 79.83 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:45:43.27 -2.48 19.45 84.1 Automatic
II PFO P 12:46:12.37 -1.15 55.69 89.56 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:46:14.17 -0.49 317.8 89.9 Automatic
II KURK P 12:46:26.82 -2.01 321.08 92.97 Automatic
IU TUC P 12:46:33.82 -0.26 57.87 93.99 Automatic
IU ANMO P 12:46:51.42 -0.44 55.76 97.93 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:46:53.82 0.28 322.59 98.42 Automatic
IU RSSD P 12:47:05.67 2.16 46.68 100.64 Automatic