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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/16 08:30
Universal datetime 2015/03/15 21:30
Latitude -15.01 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 166.69 ° ± 4 km
Depth 73 km (from location) ± 7 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  803 93060
Suva  1300 77366
Honiara  958 56298
Bundaberg  1855 52472
Nandi  1186 42284
Arawa  1556 40266
Caloundra  1919 38706
Port Vila  348 35901
Gladstone  1892 30489
Labasa  1369 24187
Maryborough  1866 20678
Luganville  76 13397
Gympie  1913 11027
Yeppoon  1901 10769
Gizo  1319 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.32
Azimuthal gap 74.33 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 21:32:02.49 -0.62 309.43 8.63 Automatic
II MSVF P 21:32:38.87 -0.1 105.66 11.23 Automatic
IU CTAO P 21:34:28.92 -0.5 252.43 20.12 Automatic
IU AFI P 21:34:37.47 -0.08 89.74 20.87 Automatic
IU KNTN P 21:35:16.32 2.32 62.2 24.55 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:36:13.72 -0.02 256.19 31.18 Automatic
IU MBWA P 21:38:09.77 0.7 254.91 44.91 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:38:29.92 3.03 277.18 47.19 Automatic
IU NWAO P 21:38:33.77 -0.12 238.97 48.1 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:39:44.62 -1.04 333.18 58.14 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:40:18.2 -0.94 179.99 62.84 Automatic
IU YSS P 21:40:35.90 0.45 342.3 65.59 Automatic
IU PET P 21:40:56.30 3.26 354.81 68.38 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:41:33.74 0.26 294.77 74.77 Automatic
IU MA2 P 21:41:35.22 -1.69 351.76 75.7 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:42:12.92 -0.42 324.25 82.21 Automatic
IU YAK P 21:42:12.60 -0.94 343.45 82.36 Automatic
II TLY P 21:42:32.77 -0.18 326.36 86.09 Automatic
IU COLA P 21:42:35.17 -1.57 17.64 86.94 Automatic
II PFO P 21:42:39.97 -1.69 54.25 87.73 Automatic
IU TIXI P 21:42:51.2 -1.56 348.86 90.31 Automatic
IU TUC P 21:43:00.97 -0.03 56.97 91.84 Automatic
IU ANMO P 21:43:21.22 1.17 55.38 96.02 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 21:43:25.97 0.31 316.59 97.35 Automatic