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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2023/12/23 21:48
Universal datetime 2023/12/23 11:48
Latitude -4.61 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 150.61 ° ± 5 km
Depth 324 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Port Moresby  656 283733
Lae  465 76255
Arawa  578 40266
Mt. Hagen  722 33623
Popondetta  529 28198
Madang  539 27419
Mendi  790 26252
Kimbe  116 18847
Goroka  601 18503
Wewak  783 18230
Kavieng  226 14490
Kundiawa  645 9383
Rabaul  176 8074
Lorengau  467 5806
Kerema  643 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.06
Azimuthal gap 65.85 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 11:49:46.12 -1.18 215.34 5.89 Automatic
IU HNR P 11:50:43.34 1.35 118.03 10.45 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:51:45.69 0.6 194.95 16.05 Automatic
II WRAB P 11:52:46.14 -0.53 224.54 22.02 Automatic
IU TARA P 11:52:56.19 -0.63 75.53 23.08 Automatic
II KAPI P 11:54:05.89 0.82 267.94 30.75 Automatic
IU MBWA P 11:54:33.49 -1.1 238.31 34.23 Automatic
II TAU P 11:55:09.62 1.27 183.88 38.41 Automatic
IU CHTO P 11:57:25.47 1.12 296.41 55.99 Automatic
IU POHA P 11:57:39.92 -0.19 63.34 58.26 Automatic
IU ULN P 11:58:24.57 1.82 329.29 64.85 Automatic
IU CASY P 11:58:40.2 -0.53 196.26 67.64 Automatic
IU YAK P 11:58:45.77 0.2 349.63 68.55 Automatic
G CCD P 11:59:07.90 -0.36 187.11 72.22 Automatic
IU BILL P 11:59:14.67 -0.62 6.11 73.52 Automatic
IU TIXI P 11:59:38.49 0.34 353.14 77.56 Automatic
IU COLA P 12:00:02.82 -2.37 22.11 82.59 Automatic