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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2017/12/28 09:58
Universal datetime 2017/12/27 23:58
Latitude 12.12 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 144.20 ° ± 6 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
Jayapura  1666 134895
Sorong  2024 125535
Surigao  2061 87832
Manokwari  1822 53190
Nabire  1963 43898
Mt. Hagen  1989 33623
Madang  1927 27419
Mendi  2021 26252
Goroka  2018 18503
Wewak  1735 18230
Kavieng  1783 14490
Vanimo  1669 11204
Kundiawa  2009 9383
Rabaul  2009 8074
Lorengau  1602 5806

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.66
Azimuthal gap 108.24 °
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 21

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU GUMO P 23:58:32.29 0.24 23.98 1.61 Automatic
IU PMG P 00:02:51.32 -2.82 172.08 21.73 Automatic
IU WAKE P 00:03:07.54 1.07 68.82 22.75 Automatic
IU MAJO P 00:03:27.57 0.35 348.56 25.01 Automatic
IU CTAO P 00:04:33.22 1.97 176.38 32.28 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:06:14.14 2.05 284.62 44.01 Automatic
IU ULN P 00:06:36.82 -0.12 326.53 47.27 Automatic
IU YAK P 00:07:05.37 0.28 351.3 51 Automatic
IU BILL P 00:07:52.37 -2.46 9.62 57.8 Automatic
IU TIXI P 00:08:11.37 -0.4 354.49 60.24 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 00:08:25.47 -1 316.84 62.29 Automatic
II KURK P 00:08:44.47 -1.57 320.6 65.26 Automatic
II AAK P 00:08:56.82 -0.27 311.42 66.94 Automatic
II NIL P 00:09:00.52 -0.5 301.63 67.52 Automatic
IU COLA P 00:09:12.87 -1.41 24.8 69.75 Automatic
II BRVK P 00:09:18.92 -1.4 322.27 70.69 Automatic
II OBN P 00:11:08.17 4.65 326.97 89.83 Automatic
II PFO P 00:11:08.37 -0.5 55.27 90.92 Automatic
II FFC P 00:11:18.57 -0.82 31.95 93.25 Automatic
IU TUC P 00:11:33.19 1.65 55.14 95.85 Automatic
IU RSSD P 00:11:35.62 1.01 42.15 96.55 Automatic