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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/01/14 23:15
Universal datetime 2016/01/14 12:15
Latitude -53.03 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 159.30 ° ± 6 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  1442 363926
Dunedin  1133 114347
Launceston  1579 72458
Hobart  1440 47700
Invercargill  983 47287
Ashburton  1367 30100
Timaru  1298 28007
Burnie  1669 19972
Devonport  1638 19317
Kingston  1427 14371
Oamaru  1224 13000
Gore  1039 12108
Queenstown  1124 10442
Kaiapoi  1457 10200
Greymouth  1472 9419

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.08
Azimuthal gap 115.77 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II TAU P 12:18:35.77 -1.19 316.99 12.88 Automatic
IU SNZO P 12:19:11.47 -3.05 47.69 15.65 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:20:56.67 -1.07 176.29 24.96 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:22:19.77 -1.07 337.99 34.45 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:22:40.67 -2.62 180.03 36.9 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:22:51.77 -1.94 320.21 38.28 Automatic
IU HNR P 12:23:40.27 3.48 0.92 43.6 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:23:39.57 -0.64 301.02 43.89 Automatic
IU RAR P 12:23:47.62 2.09 60.52 44.55 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:23:45.12 -0.74 342.85 44.72 Automatic
II SUR P 12:28:23.87 2.05 214.08 87.27 Automatic
II ABPO P 12:28:23.72 2.09 241.29 87.32 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:28:25.14 -0.63 304.62 88.63 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:28:40.97 3.25 343.19 91.43 Automatic