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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2023/12/19 17:56
Universal datetime 2023/12/19 06:56
Latitude -6.77 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 155.44 ° ± 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  956 283733
Lae  934 76255
Honiara  578 56298
Arawa  62 40266
Mt. Hagen  1245 33623
Popondetta  823 28198
Madang  1082 27419
Kimbe  601 18847
Goroka  1114 18503
Kavieng  691 14490
Kundiawa  1162 9383
Rabaul  462 8074
Gizo  213 6154
Lorengau  1046 5806
Kerema  1067 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.42
Azimuthal gap 97.56 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 06:59:07.27 3.24 251.62 8.61 Automatic
II WRAB P 07:02:15.82 -1.22 235.18 24.32 Automatic
II MSVF P 07:02:22.14 2.08 118.52 24.64 Automatic
II KAPI P 07:03:56.44 -0.45 270.85 35.53 Automatic
IU MBWA P 07:04:11.34 -1.09 243.68 37.39 Automatic
G DRV P 07:07:09.80 -1.05 186.93 60.83 Automatic
IU CHTO P 07:07:14.14 -0.67 295.82 61.26 Automatic
IU MA2 P 07:07:47.17 -0.12 357.42 66.45 Automatic
IU ULN P 07:08:05.17 -0.16 327.55 69.2 Automatic
G CCD P 07:08:14.30 -0.74 188.33 70.73 Automatic
IU YAK P 07:08:22.2 2.39 347.6 71.62 Automatic
IU BILL P 07:08:41.12 0.13 4.23 75.24 Automatic
IU COLA P 07:09:21.69 -1.31 20.96 82.83 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 07:09:27.67 -1.03 318.7 83.83 Automatic