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Type Nuclear explosion
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/01/06 10:00
Universal datetime 2016/01/06 01:30
Latitude 41.27 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 128.98 ° ± 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
Hamhung  194 559056
Hungnam  197 346082
Wonsan  269 329207
Chongjin  88 327000
Yanji  185 326957
Kanggye  203 209530
Dunhua  240 148844
Wangqing  237 88732
Helong  141 85756
Tumen  201 78719
Linjiang  182 69149
Huinan  271 66315
Kilchu  44 63652
Sonbong  167 27331
Musan  109 21739

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status preliminary
RMS 1.11
Azimuthal gap 64.98 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU INCN P 01:31:06.57 -0.59 206.46 4.21 Automatic
IU MAJO P 01:32:08.12 0.67 120.38 8.58 Automatic
IU YSS P 01:32:49.20 3.17 55.4 11.39 Automatic
IU ULN P 01:34:01.7 1.17 300.39 16.89 Automatic
IU YAK P 01:34:43.17 -0.97 0.92 20.77 Automatic
IU MA2 P 01:35:04.57 -1.03 29.08 22.75 Automatic
IU TIXI P 01:36:13.52 -1.73 359.93 30.37 Automatic
IU BILL P 01:36:40.37 -1.87 24.37 33.42 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 01:36:45.47 0.2 295.63 33.73 Automatic
IU CHTO P 01:36:46.89 -0.28 237.83 34.04 Automatic
II KURK P 01:37:00.52 -0.07 302.89 35.5 Automatic
II AAK P 01:37:38.2 0.72 290.79 39.83 Automatic
II BRVK P 01:37:42.32 0.53 307.55 40.37 Automatic
II NIL P 01:38:13.72 1.46 278.86 44.11 Automatic
IU COLA P 01:39:02.62 -0.05 33.08 50.57 Automatic
II OBN P 01:39:59.97 -0.41 317.9 58.47 Automatic
II KIV P 01:40:15.62 1.36 304.35 60.48 Automatic
II WRAB P 01:40:16.17 -0.97 174.24 61.4 Automatic
IU CTAO P 01:40:30.52 -0.22 161.83 63.41 Automatic
II RAYN P 01:41:15.57 -0.46 284.25 70.03 Automatic
II BFO P 01:41:52.67 -0.52 323.93 76.23 Automatic
IU RSSD P 01:42:26.2 -0.1 35.36 82.26 Automatic