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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/12/25 08:16
Universal datetime 2020/12/24 21:16
Latitude -9.47 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 157.78 ° ± 5 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  1163 283733
Lae  1227 76255
Honiara  238 56298
Arawa  434 40266
Port Vila  1460 35901
Popondetta  1051 28198
Madang  1405 27419
Kimbe  948 18847
Goroka  1418 18503
Kavieng  1084 14490
Luganville  1220 13397
Rabaul  853 8074
Gizo  184 6154
Lorengau  1424 5806
Kerema  1326 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.09
Azimuthal gap 99.79 °
Number of stations used 19
Number of phases used 19

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:17:15.34 -2.25 89.21 2.14 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:20:17.37 -1.17 225.06 15.38 Automatic
IU FUNA P 21:21:30.44 2.89 89.16 21.17 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:22:04.89 -0.21 242.53 24.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:24:00.74 0.61 274 37.97 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:24:03.17 -0.4 247.75 38.39 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:24:50.17 0.36 231.68 44.06 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:27:19.12 0.04 296.21 64.53 Automatic
G CCD P 21:27:44.25 0.95 189 68.4 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:28:09.87 0.64 327.05 72.74 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:28:20.2 -0.68 346.76 74.77 Automatic
II TLY P 21:28:33.82 1.28 328.92 76.75 Automatic
IU BILL P 21:28:37.27 -0.54 3.3 77.79 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:29:07.47 -0.35 351.18 83.35 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:29:13.7 -1.06 20.28 84.55 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:29:28.32 -0.52 318.38 87.39 Automatic
II KURK P 21:29:42.77 -1 321.54 90.57 Automatic
II NIL P 21:29:45.97 0.92 304.04 90.73 Automatic
II AAK P 21:29:48.97 0.48 313.04 91.53 Automatic