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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/24 08:28
Universal datetime 2016/12/23 21:28
Latitude -6.48 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 153.90 ° ± 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  810 283733
Lae  765 76255
Honiara  743 56298
Arawa  186 40266
Mt. Hagen  1074 33623
Popondetta  673 28198
Madang  910 27419
Kimbe  429 18847
Goroka  943 18503
Kavieng  550 14490
Kundiawa  991 9383
Rabaul  318 8074
Gizo  370 6154
Lorengau  884 5806
Kerema  905 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.41
Azimuthal gap 115.06 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 21:29:55.37 1.06 245.88 7.29 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:33:13.7 -2.08 232.78 23.26 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:33:43.72 1.81 117.73 26.12 Automatic
IU KIP P 21:37:35.17 -2.3 57.99 54.78 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:39:07.77 0.71 328.17 68.15 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:39:26.42 2.09 348.26 71.01 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:39:47.57 -0.81 4.82 75.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:40:30.62 -0.13 318.99 82.6 Automatic
II KURK P 21:40:46.52 -0.63 322.12 85.84 Automatic
II BRVK P 21:41:13.72 0.28 323.31 91.36 Automatic