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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2015/04/24 15:36
Universal datetime 2015/04/24 03:36
Latitude -42.01 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 173.07 ° ± 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
Christchurch  173 363926
Lower Hutt  178 101194
Palmerston North  282 75996
Porirua  179 50914
Wanganui  284 40268
Upper Hutt  190 38400
Ashburton  236 30100
Blenheim  92 26550
Paraparaumu  203 25263
Masterton  246 20698
Levin  242 19789
Hawera  289 11068
Kaiapoi  156 10200
Greymouth  161 9419
Wellington  163 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.43
Azimuthal gap 64.6 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 03:37:05.97 1.1 60.65 1.41 Automatic
II TAU P 03:41:05.27 4.05 258.57 18.94 Automatic
II MSVF P 03:42:00.12 0.63 11.45 24.64 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:43:01.37 -0.07 305.82 31.5 Automatic
IU HNR P 03:43:29.52 2.28 336.75 34.56 Automatic
IU SBA P 03:43:41.77 1.33 182.26 35.93 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:44:07.87 -1.26 292.01 39.35 Automatic
IU PMG P 03:44:12.27 0.56 317.63 39.76 Automatic
IU CASY P 03:44:25.37 -0.95 212.7 41.36 Automatic
IU KNTN P 03:44:24.42 -1.37 23.28 41.54 Automatic
IU QSPA P 03:45:18.87 0.07 180.05 47.93 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:45:25.52 -1.66 277.95 49.06 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:46:45.87 0.06 292.65 59.96 Automatic
IU JOHN P 03:46:50.32 -0.16 19.13 60.9 Automatic
IU DAV P 03:47:22.22 0.58 306.45 65.42 Automatic
II EFI P 03:48:29.27 -1.15 150.21 76.35 Automatic
II HOPE P 03:48:51.87 -1.15 163.02 80.44 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:49:09.82 -2.11 332.54 84.76 Automatic
IU INCN P 03:49:36.57 -1.08 324.89 90.05 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:49:43.44 -1.37 294.4 91.34 Automatic
IU LVC P 03:49:58.97 1.35 125.25 93.72 Automatic
II PALK P 03:50:08.77 -0.86 273.85 96.61 Automatic
IU TUC P 03:50:33.57 1.16 57.02 101.97 Automatic