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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2017/12/26 04:56
Universal datetime 2017/12/25 17:56
Latitude -7.38 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 161.64 ° ± 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  1608 283733
Nouméa  1725 93060
Lae  1620 76255
Honiara  294 56298
Arawa  683 40266
Port Vila  1355 35901
Tarawa  1589 28802
Popondetta  1484 28198
Kimbe  1288 18847
Kavieng  1312 14490
Luganville  1083 13397
Rabaul  1109 8074
Gizo  536 6154
Lorengau  1699 5806
Kerema  1744 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.17
Azimuthal gap 159.5 °
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 HNR P 17:56:47.17 -0.7 219.01 2.65 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:59:31.32 1.2 260.94 14.47 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:00:33.2 -0.09 228.01 19.59 Automatic
IU DAV P 18:03:31.27 1.51 291.07 38.76 Automatic
IU MBWA P 18:03:59.89 -2.74 246.66 42.72 Automatic
IU NWAO P 18:04:46.27 -0.62 231.81 48.35 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:07:00.4 0.97 294.06 67.1 Automatic
IU SBA P 18:07:21.92 2.36 178.86 70.52 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:07:34.87 -0.14 325.15 73.13 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:07:36.82 -0.87 345.01 73.67 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:08:20.9 -0.45 19.36 81.28 Automatic
IU TIXI P 18:08:23.72 0.02 350.08 81.9 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:08:28.12 0.05 180.02 82.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:08:57.34 0.32 317.65 88.39 Automatic
II KURK P 18:09:09.87 -0.82 321.05 91.32 Automatic