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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2023/12/31 04:52
Universal datetime 2023/12/30 18:52
Latitude -4.96 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 152.96 ° ± 10 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  808 283733
Lae  689 76255
Honiara  917 56298
Arawa  321 40266
Mt. Hagen  974 33623
Popondetta  670 28198
Madang  796 27419
Kimbe  319 18847
Goroka  848 18503
Kavieng  355 14490
Kundiawa  894 9383
Rabaul  123 8074
Gizo  552 6154
Lorengau  709 5806
Kerema  853 5646

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.39
Azimuthal gap 118.05 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 18:54:03.52 1.05 123.26 8.26 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:01:59.87 2.36 295.75 58.25 Automatic
IU ULN P 19:02:51.57 0.76 328.27 66.36 Automatic
G CCD P 19:03:27.20 0.07 187.68 72.18 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:03:35.29 0.14 5.21 73.64 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:04:00.12 -1.22 352.45 78.2 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 19:04:15.89 -0.65 319.05 80.84 Automatic
II KURK P 19:04:32.22 -1.11 322.2 84.06 Automatic
II AAK P 19:04:38.42 0.34 313.65 84.95 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:04:36.22 -1.74 180.01 84.97 Automatic
II ALE PKP 19:10:20.57 2.77 4.41 101.06 Automatic