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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/29 00:24
Universal datetime 2016/12/28 14:24
Latitude -4.92 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 144.00 ° ± 7 km
Depth 67 km (from location) ± 16 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  614 283733
Jayapura  452 134895
Lae  387 76255
Mt. Hagen  107 33623
Popondetta  634 28198
Madang  201 27419
Mendi  141 26252
Kimbe  685 18847
Goroka  200 18503
Wewak  157 18230
Daru  471 15214
Vanimo  388 11204
Kundiawa  162 9383
Lorengau  485 5806
Kerema  390 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.27
Azimuthal gap 83.54 °
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 14:25:40.67 -0.03 145.18 5.47 Automatic
IU CTAO P 14:27:54.82 1.57 171.95 15.32 Automatic
IU HNR P 14:28:08.22 -0.44 106.83 16.45 Automatic
II WRAB P 14:28:20.92 -2.09 211.17 17.7 Automatic
II KAPI P 14:29:32.17 0.04 268.72 24.15 Automatic
IU INCN P 14:32:33.57 1.43 340.56 45.38 Automatic
IU ULN P 14:34:33.97 0.49 332.81 61.93 Automatic
II NIL P 14:36:07.22 0.01 306.23 76.93 Automatic
IU QSPA P 14:36:51.7 1.3 180 85.01 Automatic
IU COLA P 14:36:49.17 -2.27 23.29 85.42 Automatic