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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/01/05 22:34
Universal datetime 2016/01/05 09:34
Latitude -55.37 ° ± 21 km
Longitude -135.97 ° ± 9 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  3851 363926
Dunedin  3828 114347
Lower Hutt  3871 101194
Hastings  3866 61696
Napier  3871 56787
Porirua  3881 50914
Upper Hutt  3869 38400
Gisborne  3866 34274
Ashburton  3881 30100
Timaru  3880 28007
Paraparaumu  3888 25263
Masterton  3844 20698
Oamaru  3848 13000
Kaiapoi  3860 10200
Wellington  3872 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.2
Azimuthal gap 173.83 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU LVC P 09:44:13.87 1.15 84.78 58.61 Automatic
II NNA P 09:44:40.77 -0.41 70.64 62.86 Automatic
IU CTAO P 09:45:05.27 -1.55 268.03 66.7 Automatic
II WRAB P 09:45:46.72 -2.17 258.61 73.53 Automatic
IU PMG P 09:46:00.37 4.45 275.44 74.82 Automatic
II JTS P 09:46:15.32 1.65 51.39 78.18 Automatic
IU SDV P 09:46:43.22 -0.92 64.56 83.84 Automatic
IU TUC P 09:47:12.87 -1.17 21.08 90.29 Automatic
II PFO P 09:47:17.27 2.18 16.15 90.54 Automatic
IU ANMO P 09:47:26.87 -3.21 23.87 93.78 Automatic