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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/16 23:45
Universal datetime 2014/12/16 10:45
Latitude -56.95 ° ± 9 km
Longitude -150.61 ° ± 6 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  2966 363926
Dunedin  2921 114347
Lower Hutt  3017 101194
Hastings  3040 61696
Porirua  3027 50914
Invercargill  3014 47287
Upper Hutt  3016 38400
Ashburton  2990 30100
Timaru  2983 28007
Paraparaumu  3037 25263
Masterton  2997 20698
Oamaru  2946 13000
Gore  2999 12108
Kaiapoi  2976 10200
Wellington  3016 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.5
Azimuthal gap 92.05 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU QSPA P 10:52:05.32 0.75 180.12 33.02 Automatic
IU CASY P 10:53:28.47 1 215.8 42.81 Automatic
IU CTAO P 10:55:26.22 -0.35 281.37 58.71 Automatic
IU HNR P 10:55:40.37 -0.2 300.88 60.84 Automatic
II WRAB P 10:56:08.92 -2.01 271.11 65.28 Automatic
IU LVC P 10:56:19.67 -0.83 96.12 66.74 Automatic
IU PMG P 10:56:22.87 0.26 288.74 67.19 Automatic
II NNA P 10:56:46.22 -1.22 82.96 71.14 Automatic
IU MBWA P 10:56:52.87 -1.5 258.36 72.2 Automatic
II KAPI P 10:58:09.7 1.86 267.57 85.6 Automatic
II JTS P 10:58:08.62 0.87 63.99 85.91 Automatic
IU SDV P 10:58:34.72 -2.36 76.79 92.05 Automatic
IU TUC P 10:58:51.32 0.37 32.94 95.4 Automatic
IU ANMO P 10:59:11.22 3.36 35.34 99.18 Automatic