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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/30 03:33
Universal datetime 2016/12/29 17:33
Latitude -5.16 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 153.00 ° ± 12 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  799 283733
Lae  688 76255
Honiara  901 56298
Arawa  308 40266
Mt. Hagen  976 33623
Popondetta  659 28198
Madang  800 27419
Kimbe  320 18847
Goroka  850 18503
Kavieng  374 14490
Kundiawa  896 9383
Rabaul  142 8074
Gizo  534 6154
Lorengau  723 5806
Kerema  849 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.11
Azimuthal gap 158.43 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:35:00.22 0.32 233.42 7.18 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:37:05.12 1.94 203.13 16.31 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:38:21.37 -2.22 229.19 23.39 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:43:51.92 -0.1 358.75 64.76 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:44:05.77 1.53 328.29 66.55 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:44:48.92 0.42 5.19 73.83 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:45:15.92 1.26 352.44 78.4 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:45:29.57 -0.12 319.06 81.02 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:45:34.57 -0.91 21.59 82.21 Automatic
II KURK P 17:45:46.17 -0.29 322.2 84.25 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:45:48.37 -0.79 180.01 84.77 Automatic
II AAK P 17:45:51.27 0.15 313.66 85.12 Automatic
II BRVK P 17:46:12.12 -1.2 323.4 89.77 Automatic