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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/28 08:38
Universal datetime 2016/12/27 22:38
Latitude -5.67 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 153.77 ° ± 9 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  838 283733
Lae  759 76255
Honiara  799 56298
Arawa  209 40266
Mt. Hagen  1058 33623
Popondetta  699 28198
Madang  886 27419
Kimbe  402 18847
Goroka  929 18503
Kavieng  474 14490
Kundiawa  976 9383
Rabaul  242 8074
Gizo  433 6154
Lorengau  825 5806
Kerema  911 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.93
Azimuthal gap 155.76 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 22:39:54.2 -0.45 239.92 7.54 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:41:52.42 1.46 206.18 16.16 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:43:13.97 -1.84 231.15 23.65 Automatic
II TAU P 22:45:18.22 -0.4 187.73 37.67 Automatic
IU INCN P 22:46:58.92 1.12 331.8 50.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 22:49:00.47 1.27 328.06 67.39 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:49:31.67 0.77 177.16 72.5 Automatic
II PALK P 22:49:41.67 0.33 279.25 74.04 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:49:40.22 -0.48 4.89 74.28 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 22:50:24.17 0.16 318.95 81.91 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:50:24.87 -1.23 21.39 82.41 Automatic
II KURK P 22:50:40.7 -0.4 322.1 85.12 Automatic
II NIL P 22:50:41.92 0.02 304.53 85.3 Automatic
II AAK P 22:50:45.92 0.68 313.57 86.03 Automatic
II BRVK P 22:51:05.97 -1 323.33 90.64 Automatic