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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2017/01/05 08:03
Universal datetime 2017/01/04 21:03
Latitude -10.48 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 161.74 ° ± 8 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  1599 283733
Nouméa  1397 93060
Lae  1676 76255
Mackay  1790 75922
Honiara  228 56298
Arawa  827 40266
Port Vila  1071 35901
Popondetta  1493 28198
Kimbe  1390 18847
Kavieng  1491 14490
Luganville  810 13397
Bowen  1794 10983
Rabaul  1267 8074
Gizo  600 6154
Kerema  1770 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.99
Azimuthal gap 216.19 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:04:14.59 -0.75 300.38 2.05 Automatic
IU PMG P 21:07:06.37 1.45 273 14.4 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:07:48.62 0.84 235.39 17.74 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:09:30.22 -1.94 247.02 28.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:15:25.87 0.16 325.61 75.74 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:15:30.32 -0.33 345.18 76.69 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:15:42.7 0.76 1.79 78.62 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:16:11.67 0.58 19.2 84.18 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:16:42.79 -0.78 317.65 90.75 Automatic