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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2013/12/17 01:07
Universal datetime 2013/12/16 12:07
Latitude -45.90 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 165.77 ° ± 5 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  604 363926
Dunedin  367 114347
Lower Hutt  904 101194
Porirua  905 50914
Invercargill  209 47287
Upper Hutt  916 38400
Ashburton  522 30100
Timaru  462 28007
Blenheim  820 26550
Oamaru  418 13000
Gore  248 12108
Queenstown  251 10442
Kaiapoi  613 10200
Greymouth  579 9419
Wellington  889 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.2
Azimuthal gap 122.22 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 12:09:23.42 -0.56 57.82 7.93 Automatic
II TAU P 12:10:37.27 -3.03 276.18 13.48 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:14:27.27 3.76 214.97 35.21 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:14:33.22 -1.07 304.68 36.56 Automatic
IU AFI P 12:14:36.42 -2.48 37.87 37.16 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:15:03.77 2.83 330.56 39.82 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:15:34.52 -2.63 180.04 44.04 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:15:41.92 -0.61 287.66 44.78 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:17:15.37 1.3 301.31 57.03 Automatic
IU POHA P 12:19:04.12 -1.12 37.65 74.43 Automatic
IU KIP P 12:19:10.77 2.88 34.73 74.91 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:20:08.12 0.72 338.12 86.1 Automatic