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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/31 05:48
Universal datetime 2016/12/30 19:48
Latitude -4.78 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 152.39 ° ± 18 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  773 283733
Lae  635 76255
Arawa  387 40266
Mt. Hagen  913 33623
Popondetta  635 28198
Madang  734 27419
Mendi  980 26252
Kimbe  263 18847
Goroka  789 18503
Kavieng  300 14490
Kundiawa  834 9383
Rabaul  69 8074
Gizo  614 6154
Lorengau  644 5806
Kerema  804 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 195.34 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 19:50:25.62 0.46 227.99 6.95 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:52:34.67 1.45 200.77 16.43 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:53:47.42 -2.57 227.64 23.18 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:59:17.12 -0.88 359.09 64.37 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:59:30.72 2.09 328.49 65.91 Automatic
IU YAK P 19:59:49.32 1.24 348.82 69.05 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:00:13.72 -1.43 5.43 73.51 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:00:41.2 0.35 352.61 77.95 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 20:00:54.57 0.03 319.15 80.33 Automatic
II NIL P 20:01:12.52 -0.01 304.66 83.66 Automatic
II AAK P 20:01:16.67 0.57 313.72 84.42 Automatic
II BRVK P 20:01:37.42 -1.3 323.46 89.1 Automatic