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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/24 09:32
Universal datetime 2016/12/23 22:32
Latitude -6.85 ° ± 10 km
Longitude 153.36 ° ± 5 km
Depth 130 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  738 283733
Lae  704 76255
Honiara  781 56298
Arawa  254 40266
Mt. Hagen  1017 33623
Popondetta  602 28198
Madang  857 27419
Kimbe  383 18847
Goroka  886 18503
Kavieng  550 14490
Kundiawa  933 9383
Rabaul  321 8074
Gizo  408 6154
Lorengau  859 5806
Kerema  839 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.87
Azimuthal gap 116.15 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:34:07.52 -2.06 246.94 6.65 Automatic
IU HNR P 22:34:16.97 2.34 112.11 7.02 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:37:25.52 1.61 232.77 22.6 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:37:56.2 -3.11 116.62 26.43 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:41:20.57 0.09 332.6 50.86 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:43:20.32 0.66 328.5 68.18 Automatic
IU YAK P 22:43:37.82 -0.35 348.53 71.27 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:43:59.87 -3.07 5.02 75.48 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:44:42.99 0.74 319.14 82.53 Automatic
II KURK P 22:44:58.92 0.17 322.23 85.8 Automatic
II AAK P 22:45:05.77 3.11 313.69 86.54 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:45:24.87 -0.12 323.36 91.34 Automatic