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Type Event
Magnitude 6.1 Mwp
Local datetime 2023/12/31 02:16
Universal datetime 2023/12/30 17:16
Latitude -2.94 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 139.19 ° ± 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
Jayapura  174 134895
Sorong  909 125535
Lae  962 76255
Manokwari  614 53190
Nabire  411 43898
Mt. Hagen  645 33623
Madang  775 27419
Mendi  609 26252
Goroka  771 18503
Wewak  499 18230
Daru  816 15214
Vanimo  237 11204
Kundiawa  726 9383
Lorengau  906 5806
Kerema  920 5646

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.31
Azimuthal gap 34.9 °
Number of stations used 43
Number of phases used 43

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU PMG P 17:18:50.47 1.6 129.58 10.23 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:20:35.94 -1.34 158.63 18.48 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:20:52.72 2.93 263.27 19.5 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:21:11.62 -1.15 108.42 21.63 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:21:57.4 -0.37 224.56 26.27 Automatic
IU TATO P 17:22:55.97 1.53 329.41 32.77 Automatic
IU TARA P 17:23:09.27 2.75 83.2 34 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:23:25.39 -0.14 211.95 36.35 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:23:50.54 -0.73 358.76 39.5 Automatic
IU FUNA P 17:23:58.72 -0.28 99.75 40.17 Automatic
II TAU P 17:24:01.92 1.04 170.84 40.62 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:24:05.89 1.42 114.02 40.87 Automatic
IU INCN P 17:24:14.12 1.53 345.07 42.07 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:24:38.54 -0.48 300.42 45.17 Automatic
IU AFI P 17:25:14.19 -0.03 105.8 49.62 Automatic
IU SNZO P 17:25:14.32 -0.66 145.2 49.88 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:25:14.60 -0.36 3.18 50 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:26:14.72 0.52 335.13 58.04 Automatic
II TLY P 17:26:44.97 0.96 336 62.38 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:26:49.42 0.39 6.54 63.18 Automatic
G DRV P 17:26:53.35 0.33 179.64 63.73 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:27:02.82 -0.68 355.11 65.38 Automatic
IU KIP P 17:27:10.94 1.47 64.98 66.03 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:27:10.2 -0.89 192.15 66.45 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:27:36.32 -0.68 322.4 70.56 Automatic
G CCD P 17:27:48.85 -1.09 184.22 72.76 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:27:53.24 -0.76 10.28 73.5 Automatic
II AAK P 17:27:56.37 -0.18 316.16 73.78 Automatic
II KURK P 17:27:57.99 -1.15 325.05 74.27 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:28:00.37 -1.66 356.65 74.88 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:28:10.59 -0.19 174.25 76.32 Automatic
II KDAK P 17:28:37.69 0.27 30.07 81.14 Automatic
G RER P 17:28:48.90 1.29 249.02 82.83 Automatic
II UOSS P 17:28:55.94 -1.97 295.38 84.89 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:28:58.34 -1.66 24.03 85.53 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:29:05.62 -1.75 179.99 86.99 Automatic
GE VOI P 17:29:27.45 -0.89 247.87 91.19 Automatic
II RAYN P 17:29:41.57 -2.03 293.38 94.55 Automatic
IU GNI P 17:29:47.57 0.95 310.06 95.29 Automatic
II OBN P 17:30:06.17 0.51 325.52 99.6 Automatic
II ALE P 17:30:04.62 -1.99 2.79 99.91 Automatic
GE KIBK P 17:30:14.92 3.11 267.02 101 Automatic
IU KIEV P 17:30:29.37 0.51 321.99 104.81 Automatic