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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/21 02:21
Universal datetime 2016/12/20 15:21
Latitude -4.37 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 154.17 ° ± 14 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  954 283733
Lae  837 76255
Honiara  850 56298
Arawa  257 40266
Mt. Hagen  1115 33623
Popondetta  815 28198
Madang  935 27419
Kimbe  465 18847
Goroka  992 18503
Kavieng  422 14490
Kundiawa  1037 9383
Rabaul  225 8074
Gizo  507 6154
Lorengau  808 5806
Kerema  1002 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.92
Azimuthal gap 175.24 °
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 PMG P 15:23:28.17 3.04 233.74 8.58 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:26:39.92 -2.8 229.45 24.78 Automatic
IU INCN P 15:30:08.72 1.75 330.94 49.06 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:32:10.82 0.85 327.59 66.5 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:32:52.32 3.03 4.77 72.95 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:33:36.19 -0.45 318.74 81.19 Automatic
II KURK P 15:33:51.62 -1.35 321.97 84.34 Automatic
II NIL P 15:33:54.47 -1.81 304.39 84.89 Automatic
II AAK P 15:33:57.77 -0.89 313.44 85.42 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:33:59.72 0.66 180.01 85.56 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:34:17.62 -2.03 323.3 89.83 Automatic