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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2019/12/17 03:46
Universal datetime 2019/12/16 16:46
Latitude -8.49 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 159.00 ° ± 4 km
Depth 126 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  1303 283733
Lae  1339 76255
Honiara  148 56298
Arawa  454 40266
Port Vila  1437 35901
Popondetta  1184 28198
Madang  1504 27419
Kimbe  1031 18847
Goroka  1527 18503
Kavieng  1118 14490
Luganville  1181 13397
Rabaul  894 8074
Gizo  242 6154
Lorengau  1482 5806
Kerema  1451 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.21
Azimuthal gap 61.56 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 16:49:37.67 0.28 264.62 11.73 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:50:42.49 0.04 225.38 16.92 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:50:42.64 -1.03 55.29 17.02 Automatic
IU FUNA P 16:51:15.7 -1.47 91.61 19.97 Automatic
II MSVF P 16:51:26.7 1.88 118.46 20.71 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:52:17.64 -1.28 241.7 26.43 Automatic
IU AFI P 16:52:42.52 -0.89 103.38 29.15 Automatic
II TAU P 16:53:42.37 1.6 194.64 35.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 16:54:07.94 -1.31 272.49 39.11 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:54:14.44 -1.01 247.01 39.88 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:55:01.44 0.1 231.47 45.61 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:55:27.62 0.9 337.83 49.09 Automatic
IU TATO P 16:55:31.32 0.29 313.5 49.54 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:56:11.92 0.86 328.77 55.04 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:56:30.90 4.23 346.89 57.3 Automatic
G DRV P 16:56:43.40 -0.15 188.6 59.6 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:57:20.74 -0.96 295.36 65.18 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:57:30.7 0.66 199.17 66.49 Automatic
G CCD P 16:57:49.25 0.62 189.21 69.57 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:58:06.97 0.61 326.38 72.57 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:58:14.42 -0.38 346.18 74.09 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:58:29.22 -0.64 2.85 76.74 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:58:56.62 -0.1 180.02 81.44 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:59:04.72 -0.28 20.01 83.21 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 16:59:26.7 -0.69 318.12 87.46 Automatic
II KURK P 16:59:39.82 -1.39 321.37 90.55 Automatic
II AAK P 16:59:46.52 -0.47 312.9 91.74 Automatic