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Type Event
Magnitude 5.6 mb
Local datetime 2022/12/08 07:18
Universal datetime 2022/12/07 20:18
Latitude -9.24 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 157.92 ° ± 4 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  1179 283733
Lae  1237 76255
Honiara  224 56298
Arawa  423 40266
Port Vila  1465 35901
Popondetta  1065 28198
Madang  1412 27419
Kimbe  951 18847
Goroka  1426 18503
Kavieng  1078 14490
Luganville  1222 13397
Rabaul  847 8074
Gizo  174 6154
Lorengau  1423 5806
Kerema  1338 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.34
Azimuthal gap 62.39 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 20:18:35.9 -2.79 95.82 2.01 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:21:41.32 -2.71 224.79 15.64 Automatic
IU FUNA P 20:22:48.57 0.46 89.74 21.03 Automatic
II MSVF P 20:22:53.59 2.59 115.62 21.32 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:25:23.22 0 273.67 38.09 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:25:28.27 0.82 247.52 38.61 Automatic
IU NWAO P 20:26:14.82 0.93 231.56 44.31 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:27:53.60 0.02 347.82 57.8 Automatic
G DRV P 20:28:00.25 -0.62 188.2 58.7 Automatic
IU PET P 20:28:23.87 -0.34 0.49 62.27 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:28:42.64 1.36 296.06 64.55 Automatic
IU ADK P 20:28:41.97 0.05 16.99 64.91 Automatic
IU CASY P 20:28:45.97 -0.45 199 65.43 Automatic
G CCD P 20:29:06.25 -0.68 189.02 68.66 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:29:08.54 1 178.01 68.76 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:29:07.47 -0.74 356.13 69.06 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:29:30.87 0.29 326.95 72.61 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:29:40.57 -1.06 346.69 74.58 Automatic
II TLY P 20:29:54.44 0.56 328.84 76.63 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:29:57.37 -1.16 3.25 77.55 Automatic
II PALK P 20:30:07.79 0.78 279.4 78.68 Automatic
IU QSPA P 20:30:16.22 -0.87 180.02 80.69 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:30:28.22 -0.58 351.13 83.14 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:30:33.22 -1.63 20.25 84.28 Automatic
II DGAR P 20:30:40.12 2.79 263.38 84.38 Automatic
II KURK P 20:31:03.62 -1.77 321.52 90.48 Automatic
II AAK P 20:31:09.72 -0.57 313.03 91.47 Automatic
II PFO P 20:31:11.42 0.73 56.17 91.5 Automatic
IU TUC P 20:31:33.52 2.08 58.17 96.01 Automatic
IU RSSD P 20:31:59.97 1.5 46.65 102.18 Automatic