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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2022/12/16 04:44
Universal datetime 2022/12/15 18:44
Latitude -6.05 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 146.35 ° ± 19 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  389 283733
Lae  103 76255
Mt. Hagen  238 33623
Popondetta  366 28198
Madang  111 27419
Mendi  300 26252
Kimbe  423 18847
Goroka  107 18503
Wewak  409 18230
Daru  483 15214
Kavieng  626 14490
Kundiawa  154 9383
Rabaul  673 8074
Lorengau  456 5806
Kerema  215 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.07
Azimuthal gap 143.82 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 18:44:58.52 1.31 166.68 3.45 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:47:21.4 -0.6 180.39 14.04 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:52:05.42 1.8 350.44 43.27 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:54:37.52 1.21 331.79 64.02 Automatic
IU YAK P 18:55:09.62 -0.02 351.73 69.29 Automatic
G CCD P 18:55:16.30 -0.4 186.14 70.3 Automatic
IU BILL P 18:55:46.69 0.05 7.62 75.46 Automatic
II KURK P 18:56:16.97 -0.97 323.61 80.97 Automatic
II AAK P 18:56:17.87 -0.56 314.95 81 Automatic
IU COLA P 18:56:39.42 -1.81 22.86 85.54 Automatic