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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2020/12/14 08:06
Universal datetime 2020/12/13 22:06
Latitude -4.97 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 152.69 ° ± 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
Port Moresby  784 283733
Lae  660 76255
Honiara  942 56298
Arawa  348 40266
Mt. Hagen  944 33623
Popondetta  646 28198
Madang  766 27419
Kimbe  289 18847
Goroka  818 18503
Kavieng  337 14490
Kundiawa  864 9383
Rabaul  104 8074
Gizo  574 6154
Lorengau  683 5806
Kerema  825 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 3.26
Azimuthal gap 97.65 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 22:08:05.64 -3.35 122.22 8.47 Automatic
IU CTAO P 22:10:01.79 6.63 201.94 16.36 Automatic
II WRAB P 22:11:13.87 0.08 228.42 23.28 Automatic
II MSVF P 22:11:59.7 2.61 119.31 27.9 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:13:03.92 -1.99 240.1 35.82 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:15:54.2 -5.36 295.85 58.01 Automatic
G DRV P 22:16:26.20 -1.56 185.64 62.32 Automatic
G CCD P 22:17:27.95 -2.41 187.61 72.13 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:17:35.37 -1.69 176.94 73.25 Automatic
IU BILL P 22:17:41.27 2.36 5.31 73.68 Automatic
IU TIXI P 22:18:08.72 3.97 352.53 78.18 Automatic
IU COLA P 22:18:27.22 0.71 21.66 82.15 Automatic