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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2015/12/07 06:09
Universal datetime 2015/12/06 17:09
Latitude -18.06 ° ± 4 km
Longitude -178.77 ° ± 4 km
Depth 550 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  2176 417910
Manukau  2189 362000
North Shore  2170 207865
Waitakere  2183 166237
Nouméa  1613 93060
Suva  295 77366
Whangarei  2072 50900
Nandi  405 42284
Port Vila  1369 35901
Labasa  268 24187
Nukualofa  504 22400
Luganville  1524 13397
Thames  2185 7136
Apia  886 6940
Kerikeri  2034 5654

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.92
Azimuthal gap 119.61 °
Number of stations used 37
Number of phases used 37

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 17:10:45.57 0.18 275.51 3.04 Automatic
IU KNTN P 17:12:53.69 -2.18 25.13 16.78 Automatic
IU TARA P 17:13:34.39 -0.46 336.31 21.07 Automatic
IU HNR P 17:13:49.7 1.61 289.83 22.37 Automatic
IU XMAS P 17:14:45.12 -0.69 48.41 29.07 Automatic
II KWAJ P 17:14:54.22 0.67 332.3 30.04 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:15:20.7 -0.68 260.72 33.06 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:15:30.7 0.3 280.06 34.15 Automatic
IU JOHN P 17:15:42.99 -0.02 15.18 35.96 Automatic
II TAU P 17:15:59.77 -0.52 221.69 37.91 Automatic
IU WAKE P 17:16:17.47 1.69 338.31 40 Automatic
IU POHA P 17:16:49.77 1.03 32.2 44.16 Automatic
IU KIP P 17:16:50.72 0.23 28.13 44.41 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:18:27.67 -1.04 255.94 57.66 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:18:35.37 -0.77 241.91 58.77 Automatic
IU SBA P 17:18:45.99 1.24 183.48 60.21 Automatic
IU DAV P 17:18:47.62 1.23 289.53 60.38 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:18:52.72 -0.52 274.21 61.36 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:19:20.32 -0.64 204.6 65.78 Automatic
IU MAJO P 17:19:33.47 -0.14 323.77 68.05 Automatic
IU ADK P 17:19:43.37 -0.94 1.37 69.97 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:19:57.32 -0.36 180.04 71.88 Automatic
II PFO P 17:20:34.87 0.11 48.77 78.68 Automatic
II KDAK P 17:20:35.42 0.64 13.87 78.9 Automatic
IU SLBS P 17:20:38.12 0.92 60.43 79.05 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:20:47.42 -1.01 344.96 81.51 Automatic
IU TUC P 17:20:53.92 0.68 52.26 82.21 Automatic
IU COLA P 17:21:10.17 -1.58 12.63 86.24 Automatic
IU ANMO P 17:21:14.62 -0.06 51.47 86.61 Automatic
IU BILL P 17:21:14.17 -0.18 354.52 86.8 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:21:26.27 0.63 290.25 88.81 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:21:27.67 -0.93 338.45 89.8 Automatic
IU RSSD P 17:21:39.42 -0.31 43.87 92.07 Automatic
IU HKT P 17:21:46.32 1.48 59.43 93.07 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:21:45.42 0.6 319.72 93.21 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:21:57.32 -1.19 345.46 96.39 Automatic
IU CCM P 17:22:12.77 0.98 52.82 99.14 Automatic