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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/01/06 06:48
Universal datetime 2015/01/05 17:48
Latitude -43.14 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 171.29 ° ± 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  117 363926
Dunedin  312 114347
Lower Hutt  368 101194
Porirua  370 50914
Upper Hutt  381 38400
Ashburton  92 30100
Timaru  140 28007
Blenheim  284 26550
Paraparaumu  395 25263
Oamaru  220 13000
Gore  377 12108
Queenstown  293 10442
Kaiapoi  113 10200
Greymouth  74 9419
Wellington  353 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.03
Azimuthal gap 123.13 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 17:49:31.37 -3.25 55.22 3.12 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:54:17.57 -0.39 14.8 26.03 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:55:05.97 1.82 309.8 31.16 Automatic
IU RAR P 17:55:19.37 2.7 56.91 32.57 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:55:40.99 3.09 340.29 35.13 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:56:05.82 -2.77 295.14 38.61 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:56:17.87 0.44 320.9 39.76 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:57:16.92 1.11 180.04 46.8 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:57:22.17 -2.17 280.32 47.94 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:58:45.32 -1.07 294.76 59.21 Automatic
IU TATO P 18:01:06.77 2.41 315.65 82.05 Automatic
IU MAJO P 18:01:18.67 -1.09 333.89 85.18 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:01:46.42 -0.83 295.57 90.64 Automatic