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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2013/08/16 14:31
Universal datetime 2013/08/16 02:31
Latitude -42.06 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 172.95 ° ± 5 km
Depth 281 km (from location) ± 17 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Christchurch  166 363926
Lower Hutt  189 101194
Palmerston North  293 75996
Porirua  190 50914
Wanganui  294 40268
Upper Hutt  202 38400
Ashburton  227 30100
Timaru  295 28007
Blenheim  103 26550
Paraparaumu  214 25263
Masterton  257 20698
Levin  253 19789
Kaiapoi  149 10200
Greymouth  149 9419
Wellington  175 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.44
Azimuthal gap 68.24 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU RAO P 02:34:59.27 0.64 32.85 14.78 Automatic
II TAU P 02:35:47.57 4.12 258.72 18.84 Automatic
IU RAR P 02:37:32.12 -2.36 56.17 30.96 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:37:35.67 -3.06 306.05 31.45 Automatic
IU HNR P 02:38:06.77 2.09 336.98 34.56 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:38:42.27 -3.05 292.19 39.29 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:38:44.72 -3.48 317.83 39.73 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:39:01.37 -0.65 212.72 41.27 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:39:51.82 -2.2 180.05 47.88 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:40:01.12 -0.93 278.08 48.97 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:41:21.82 2.18 292.78 59.89 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:41:31.12 3.06 328.58 61.36 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:42:12.12 -0.63 31.97 68.33 Automatic
IU LVC P 02:44:30.77 1.31 125.34 93.77 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:45:07.32 2.97 57.1 102.07 Automatic