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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2014/12/28 07:53
Universal datetime 2014/12/27 18:53
Latitude -17.86 ° ± 6 km
Longitude -179.57 ° ± 6 km
Depth 616 km (from location) ± 12 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Auckland  2176 417910
Manukau  2189 362000
North Shore  2170 207865
Waitakere  2182 166237
Nouméa  1541 93060
Suva  213 77366
Whangarei  2069 50900
Nandi  319 42284
Port Vila  1284 35901
Labasa  195 24187
Nukualofa  583 22400
Luganville  1437 13397
Thames  2188 7136
Apia  949 6940
Kerikeri  2028 5654

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.72
Azimuthal gap 119.26 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU KNTN P 18:57:11.22 -1.4 27.93 16.94 Automatic
IU TARA P 18:57:45.79 0.42 338.2 20.59 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:59:28.92 0.14 260.47 32.34 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:59:38.37 1.13 280.21 33.36 Automatic
IU JOHN P 18:59:57.87 0.79 16.51 35.98 Automatic
II TAU P 19:00:11.72 0.53 221.02 37.56 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:00:58.17 -0.78 259.59 43.5 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:02:36.17 -0.63 255.95 56.97 Automatic
IU NWAO P 19:02:44.72 -0.28 241.83 58.19 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:03:01.2 0.2 274.37 60.58 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:03:32.22 -0.35 204.5 65.64 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:03:42.32 0.02 324.22 67.44 Automatic
IU QSPA P 19:04:10.77 -0.31 180.04 72.08 Automatic
II PFO P 19:04:49.62 0.44 49.15 79.13 Automatic
IU SLBS P 19:04:53.47 1.24 60.78 79.62 Automatic
IU MA2 P 19:04:58.27 -0.14 345.31 81.12 Automatic
IU TUC P 19:05:08.42 0.79 52.59 82.7 Automatic
IU COLA P 19:05:21.87 -1.59 12.92 86.21 Automatic
IU BILL P 19:05:24.92 0.02 354.81 86.53 Automatic
IU ANMO P 19:05:28.82 0.08 51.75 87.08 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:05:34.42 0.63 290.5 88.02 Automatic
IU RSSD P 19:05:53.27 -0.02 44.09 92.46 Automatic
IU TIXI P 19:06:07.62 -0.92 345.63 96.01 Automatic