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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/03/18 08:16
Universal datetime 2015/03/17 20:16
Latitude -17.72 ° ± 5 km
Longitude -178.72 ° ± 5 km
Depth 561 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Auckland  2214 417910
Manukau  2227 362000
North Shore  2208 207865
Waitakere  2220 166237
Nouméa  1631 93060
Suva  304 77366
Whangarei  2110 50900
Nandi  410 42284
Port Vila  1375 35901
Labasa  248 24187
Nukualofa  527 22400
Luganville  1524 13397
Thames  2223 7136
Apia  862 6940
Kerikeri  2071 5654

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.76
Azimuthal gap 123.01 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 20:17:37.7 0.01 269.07 3.08 Automatic
IU KNTN P 20:19:41.44 -1.4 25.45 16.45 Automatic
II KWAJ P 20:21:41.87 0.73 331.93 29.76 Automatic
IU CTAO P 20:22:10.92 -0.65 260.2 33.16 Automatic
IU PMG P 20:22:20.27 0.64 279.53 34.14 Automatic
IU JOHN P 20:22:30.27 0.16 15.22 35.62 Automatic
IU WAKE P 20:23:04.24 0.96 338.08 39.7 Automatic
IU KIP P 20:23:38.27 0.43 28.24 44.08 Automatic
II WRAB P 20:23:40.47 -1.25 259.33 44.33 Automatic
IU GUMO P 20:24:06.72 0.91 308.68 47.66 Automatic
IU MBWA P 20:25:19.87 0.53 255.73 57.79 Automatic
IU SBA P 20:25:37.24 0.5 183.48 60.55 Automatic
II KAPI P 20:25:43.42 0.29 274 61.38 Automatic
IU CASY P 20:26:12.2 -0.68 204.54 66.11 Automatic
IU MAJO P 20:26:21.27 -0.54 323.66 67.81 Automatic
IU TATO P 20:26:48.62 0.03 304.63 72.18 Automatic
IU YSS P 20:26:55.5 0.78 333.66 73.37 Automatic
IU PET P 20:26:53.35 -0.78 346.02 73.4 Automatic
IU INCN P 20:27:07.47 1.19 318.01 75.4 Automatic
II PFO P 20:27:23.7 0.06 48.8 78.42 Automatic
II KDAK P 20:27:22.57 -0.02 13.86 78.56 Automatic
IU SLBS P 20:27:26.37 0.65 60.47 78.84 Automatic
IU COR P 20:27:32.42 0.88 36.52 80.13 Automatic
IU MA2 P 20:27:35.42 -1.02 344.92 81.19 Automatic
IU TUC P 20:27:42.22 0.61 52.28 81.97 Automatic
IU COLA P 20:27:58.12 -1.6 12.61 85.89 Automatic
IU ANMO P 20:28:03.7 -0.03 51.47 86.36 Automatic
IU BILL P 20:28:01.72 -0.66 354.5 86.47 Automatic
IU CHTO P 20:28:15.32 0.41 290.22 88.74 Automatic
IU YAK P 20:28:16.15 -0.67 338.43 89.51 Automatic
IU HKT P 20:28:34.37 0.91 59.4 92.85 Automatic
IU ULN P 20:28:33.17 -0.21 319.72 92.98 Automatic
IU TIXI P 20:28:45.37 -1.32 345.46 96.07 Automatic
II TLY P 20:28:49.7 0.14 322.44 96.45 Automatic