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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2015/05/17 19:52
Universal datetime 2015/05/17 08:52
Latitude -12.07 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 165.52 ° ± 4 km
Depth 81 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  1132 93060
Suva  1542 77366
Honiara  675 56298
Bundaberg  1983 52472
Nandi  1428 42284
Arawa  1270 40266
Port Vila  695 35901
Tarawa  1699 28802
Popondetta  1926 28198
Labasa  1571 24187
Kimbe  1838 18847
Kavieng  1932 14490
Luganville  421 13397
Rabaul  1711 8074
Gizo  1048 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.43
Azimuthal gap 63.09 °
Number of stations used 30
Number of phases used 30

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 08:54:11.69 -2.59 295.14 6.07 Automatic
II MSVF P 08:55:56.2 2.62 116.62 13.37 Automatic
IU PMG P 08:56:57.82 3.75 276.61 18.23 Automatic
IU CTAO P 08:57:14.92 0.08 244.1 20.15 Automatic
IU AFI P 08:57:37.52 0.63 97.27 22.19 Automatic
IU KNTN P 08:57:55.14 -2.65 69.4 24.38 Automatic
II WRAB P 08:58:55.27 -1.09 251.25 30.91 Automatic
IU MBWA P 09:00:52.17 0.17 252.02 44.65 Automatic
II KAPI P 09:01:01.42 0.73 274.79 45.75 Automatic
IU NWAO P 09:01:23.7 -0.37 236.5 48.71 Automatic
IU MAJO P 09:02:08.2 -0.48 333.25 55.01 Automatic
IU INCN P 09:02:55.12 0.83 325.47 61.53 Automatic
IU YSS P 09:03:00.85 0.95 342.67 62.44 Automatic
IU CASY P 09:03:18.67 -1.76 201.26 65.34 Automatic
IU PET P 09:03:18.80 -0.1 355.46 65.36 Automatic
IU SBA P 09:03:22.2 -1.05 179.71 65.78 Automatic
IU CHTO P 09:04:06.4 0.75 294.4 72.51 Automatic
IU MA2 P 09:04:03.27 -0.83 352.24 72.63 Automatic
IU QSPA P 09:04:34.42 -1.42 180.03 77.86 Automatic
IU ULN P 09:04:42.87 0.76 324.39 79.16 Automatic
IU YAK P 09:04:42.2 0.16 343.77 79.22 Automatic
IU BILL P 09:04:46.12 -0.59 0.35 80.14 Automatic
II TLY P 09:05:02.92 0.43 326.57 83.01 Automatic
IU COLA P 09:05:07.87 -1.83 18.06 84.5 Automatic
II PFO P 09:05:22.57 -0.43 54.67 86.95 Automatic
IU TUC P 09:05:42.67 -0.44 57.17 91.2 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 09:05:57.47 -0.02 316.99 94.43 Automatic
IU ANMO P 09:06:04.52 2.72 55.36 95.29 Automatic
II AAK P 09:06:19.37 1.61 311.89 98.89 Automatic
II FFC P 09:06:27.57 -0.55 36.04 101.27 Automatic