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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/24 10:27
Universal datetime 2016/12/24 00:27
Latitude -5.34 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.38 ° ± 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  821 283733
Lae  724 76255
Honiara  855 56298
Arawa  261 40266
Mt. Hagen  1017 33623
Popondetta  682 28198
Madang  842 27419
Kimbe  360 18847
Goroka  889 18503
Kavieng  418 14490
Kundiawa  936 9383
Rabaul  186 8074
Gizo  489 6154
Lorengau  770 5806
Kerema  882 5646

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 154.39 °
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 00:28:53.52 1.78 236.28 7.39 Automatic
IU HNR P 00:28:57.37 1.43 122.55 7.69 Automatic
IU CTAO P 00:30:51.92 -0.09 204.54 16.29 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:32:13.47 -0.84 230.05 23.56 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:37:56.92 1.39 328.16 66.91 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 00:39:20.97 0.21 319 81.41 Automatic
IU QSPA P 00:39:34.47 -2.77 180.01 84.59 Automatic
II KURK P 00:39:36.47 -0.91 322.15 84.63 Automatic
II AAK P 00:39:43.27 1.14 313.61 85.52 Automatic
II BRVK P 00:40:02.72 -1.35 323.37 90.15 Automatic