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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2013/08/16 15:09
Universal datetime 2013/08/16 03:09
Latitude -41.92 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 173.74 ° ± 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  201 363926
Lower Hutt  126 101194
Palmerston North  234 75996
Porirua  128 50914
Wanganui  246 40268
Upper Hutt  139 38400
Ashburton  273 30100
Blenheim  49 26550
Paraparaumu  154 25263
Masterton  193 20698
Levin  194 19789
Hawera  264 11068
Kaiapoi  185 10200
Greymouth  217 9419
Wellington  111 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.29
Azimuthal gap 127.74 °
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 CTAO P 03:15:36.87 0.12 304.79 31.85 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:16:43.82 -1.09 291.24 39.78 Automatic
IU PMG P 03:16:45.7 -1.1 316.67 40.03 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:17:00.67 -0.7 212.67 41.7 Automatic
IU TARA P 03:17:11.39 -0.44 358.81 43.28 Automatic
IU QSPA P 03:17:51.67 -0.05 180.05 48.02 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:18:04.17 1.1 277.37 49.54 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:19:24.7 3.13 292.04 60.38 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:21:44.77 -0.12 332.05 84.91 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:22:17.17 -1.78 293.96 91.76 Automatic
II PFO P 03:22:51.92 0.94 52.31 98.97 Automatic