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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2019/12/05 02:10
Universal datetime 2019/12/04 15:10
Latitude -8.86 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 160.69 ° ± 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  1485 283733
Nouméa  1606 93060
Lae  1529 76255
Honiara  104 56298
Arawa  636 40266
Port Vila  1283 35901
Popondetta  1369 28198
Madang  1695 27419
Kimbe  1221 18847
Kavieng  1295 14490
Luganville  1020 13397
Rabaul  1076 8074
Gizo  432 6154
Lorengau  1666 5806
Kerema  1639 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.59
Azimuthal gap 138.95 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TARA P 15:14:33.37 1.93 50.64 15.9 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:15:00.54 3.74 229.58 17.91 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:16:35.44 -1.38 243.58 27.75 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:18:29.62 -0.19 272.59 40.8 Automatic
IU MBWA P 15:18:32.79 -0.87 247.9 41.28 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:21:40.44 0.25 294.93 66.85 Automatic
G CCD P 15:21:53.95 -2.08 189.59 69.48 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:22:22.42 0.72 325.77 73.81 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:22:26.77 -0.53 345.5 74.86 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:23:10.74 -1.44 19.55 82.99 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:23:12.97 -0.16 350.37 83.2 Automatic