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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/24 11:32
Universal datetime 2016/12/24 01:32
Latitude -5.07 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 153.43 ° ± 7 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  843 283733
Lae  737 76255
Honiara  867 56298
Arawa  269 40266
Mt. Hagen  1025 33623
Popondetta  704 28198
Madang  848 27419
Kimbe  369 18847
Goroka  899 18503
Kavieng  400 14490
Kundiawa  945 9383
Rabaul  172 8074
Gizo  504 6154
Lorengau  761 5806
Kerema  898 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.83
Azimuthal gap 107.76 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 01:34:06.72 2.55 234.75 7.59 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:36:05.87 0.67 204.31 16.57 Automatic
IU TARA P 01:36:54.34 2.37 72.25 20.5 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:37:25.2 -1.12 229.63 23.78 Automatic
IU INCN P 01:41:02.67 1.05 331.84 49.32 Automatic
IU MA2 P 01:42:51.47 1.29 358.51 64.68 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:43:03.87 -0.03 328.08 66.7 Automatic
IU YAK P 01:43:23.37 2.09 348.37 69.54 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:43:45.17 -1.25 5.03 73.7 Automatic
IU TIXI P 01:44:15.87 2.7 352.31 78.37 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:44:28.82 -0.71 318.96 81.23 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:44:29.72 -3.16 21.5 81.97 Automatic
II KURK P 01:44:44.57 -1.57 322.12 84.44 Automatic
IU QSPA P 01:44:46.2 -2.31 180.01 84.86 Automatic
II AAK P 01:44:50.87 -0.2 313.59 85.37 Automatic
II BRVK P 01:45:10.52 -2.36 323.36 89.95 Automatic