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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/24 13:58
Universal datetime 2016/12/24 03:58
Latitude -4.96 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 153.29 ° ± 4 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  837 283733
Lae  724 76255
Honiara  887 56298
Arawa  289 40266
Mt. Hagen  1010 33623
Popondetta  698 28198
Madang  832 27419
Kimbe  354 18847
Goroka  884 18503
Kavieng  380 14490
Kundiawa  930 9383
Rabaul  152 8074
Gizo  524 6154
Lorengau  742 5806
Kerema  887 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.61
Azimuthal gap 52.56 °
Number of stations used 26
Number of phases used 26

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 04:00:45.27 2.54 233.48 7.53 Automatic
IU HNR P 04:00:51.52 2.55 124.5 7.98 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:02:45.2 0.01 203.73 16.6 Automatic
II KWAJ P 04:03:25.87 2.34 46.11 19.84 Automatic
IU GUMO P 04:03:32.67 4.12 335.84 20.35 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:03:32.72 0.19 72.65 20.61 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:04:04.22 -0.85 229.25 23.74 Automatic
IU FUNA P 04:04:24.97 -1.17 99.3 25.97 Automatic
II MSVF P 04:04:39.42 0.83 119.84 27.38 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:05:56.82 -0.31 240.44 36.34 Automatic
II TAU P 04:06:12.27 -0.19 187.05 38.32 Automatic
IU MAJO P 04:06:57.22 -0.45 342.43 43.84 Automatic
IU INCN P 04:07:40.82 1.07 331.92 49.16 Automatic
IU MA2 P 04:09:28.12 -0.72 358.59 64.57 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:09:42.87 0.66 328.12 66.53 Automatic
IU YAK P 04:10:00.27 0.44 348.43 69.4 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:10:23.49 -0.19 177.06 73.23 Automatic
II PALK P 04:10:26.87 0.52 279.11 73.45 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:10:23.77 -1.49 5.09 73.61 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:10:50.42 -1.44 352.35 78.24 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:11:07.77 -0.2 318.98 81.06 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:11:08.52 -3.51 21.53 81.92 Automatic
II KURK P 04:11:23.67 -0.96 322.14 84.27 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:11:25.82 -2.39 180.01 84.97 Automatic
II AAK P 04:11:29.92 0.37 313.6 85.19 Automatic
II BRVK P 04:11:49.67 -1.78 323.38 89.78 Automatic