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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/04/18 03:52
Universal datetime 2015/04/17 15:52
Latitude -16.05 ° ± 5 km
Longitude -178.43 ° ± 4 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
Auckland  2401 417910
North Shore  2395 207865
Waitakere  2407 166237
Nouméa  1732 93060
Suva  405 77366
Whangarei  2296 50900
Nandi  483 42284
Port Vila  1424 35901
Tarawa  2141 28802
Labasa  238 24187
Nukualofa  657 22400
Luganville  1543 13397
Thames  2411 7136
Apia  760 6940
Kerikeri  2257 5654

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.25
Azimuthal gap 74.33 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 15:53:48.62 -4.23 242.73 3.77 Automatic
IU AFI P 15:54:32.47 -1.64 72.48 6.77 Automatic
IU RAR P 15:57:11.47 1.63 109.16 18.4 Automatic
IU HNR P 15:57:53.89 3.83 284.77 22.08 Automatic
IU SNZO P 15:58:28.7 1.6 191.85 25.95 Automatic
IU XMAS P 15:58:41.64 0.67 50.77 27.52 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:59:36.57 -0.3 257.71 33.76 Automatic
IU PMG P 15:59:42.77 2.38 276.95 34.17 Automatic
II TAU P 16:00:29.47 3.13 220.25 39.65 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:01:06.52 -3.66 257.64 44.93 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:02:49.72 -1.92 254.68 58.48 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:03:03.57 1.37 240.85 60.02 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:03:16.87 0.55 183.49 62.24 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:03:45.7 0.94 323.06 66.63 Automatic
IU CASY P 16:03:50.37 -2.21 204.27 67.75 Automatic
IU PET P 16:04:17.55 1.72 345.73 71.84 Automatic
II KDAK P 16:04:44.7 -1.09 13.81 76.86 Automatic
II PFO P 16:04:49.32 1.61 48.95 77.11 Automatic
IU MA2 P 16:04:57.22 -3.44 344.72 79.65 Automatic
IU TUC P 16:05:07.62 -0.08 52.37 80.72 Automatic
IU COLA P 16:05:21.92 -2.69 12.54 84.2 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:05:24.87 -2.86 354.39 84.83 Automatic
IU ANMO P 16:05:29.82 -0.53 51.47 85.1 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:05:47.2 -0.2 290.1 88.42 Automatic
IU RSSD P 16:05:54.67 -0.87 43.74 90.39 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:06:05.7 2.71 319.69 91.88 Automatic
IU TIXI P 16:06:17.42 3.57 345.44 94.52 Automatic