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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2014/05/18 00:13
Universal datetime 2014/05/17 12:13
Latitude -54.20 ° ± 9 km
Longitude -146.60 ° ± 8 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  3164 363926
Dunedin  3155 114347
Lower Hutt  3177 101194
Palmerston North  3195 75996
Hastings  3170 61696
Napier  3176 56787
Porirua  3187 50914
Upper Hutt  3174 38400
Gisborne  3171 34274
Ashburton  3197 30100
Paraparaumu  3193 25263
Masterton  3149 20698
Oamaru  3169 13000
Kaiapoi  3173 10200
Wellington  3178 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.89
Azimuthal gap 113.4 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU QSPA P 12:20:30.32 0.81 180.11 35.77 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:21:57.42 0.48 212.82 46.35 Automatic
II HOPE P 12:23:18.22 -0.19 139.32 57.24 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:23:40.52 0.19 276.26 60.53 Automatic
IU LVC P 12:24:08.82 0.23 94.14 64.72 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:25:10.82 -1.49 254.42 75.06 Automatic
IU SAML P 12:25:32.57 -0.88 89.95 78.91 Automatic
IU SDV P 12:26:23.42 -1.28 73.46 89.15 Automatic
IU TUC P 12:26:36.92 1.05 29.66 91.87 Automatic
IU ANMO P 12:26:54.12 1.09 32.08 95.63 Automatic