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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 M
Local datetime 2013/05/01 02:39
Universal datetime 2013/04/30 14:39
Latitude -65.48 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 179.17 ° ± 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
Christchurch  2476 363926
Dunedin  2244 114347
Lower Hutt  2715 101194
Porirua  2724 50914
Invercargill  2220 47287
Upper Hutt  2722 38400
Ashburton  2445 30100
Timaru  2397 28007
Blenheim  2687 26550
Oamaru  2322 13000
Gore  2244 12108
Queenstown  2365 10442
Kaiapoi  2492 10200
Greymouth  2608 9419
Wellington  2705 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.3
Azimuthal gap 141.54 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SBA P 14:42:24.16 0.05 191.68 12.91 Automatic
IU QSPA P 14:44:39.87 0.06 180.1 24.46 Automatic
IU CASY P 14:45:00.72 0.98 236.64 26.65 Automatic
II WRAB P 14:48:41.37 -3.18 305.08 54.06 Automatic
II EFI P 14:48:52.12 -0.31 140.43 54.94 Automatic
IU HNR P 14:49:11.2 1.74 337.38 57.6 Automatic
IU PMG P 14:49:28.97 0.99 322.97 60.27 Automatic
IU LVC P 14:51:19.57 -0.28 118.92 78.07 Automatic
II SUR P 14:51:34.67 -0.04 198.4 80.71 Automatic