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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/01 06:39
Universal datetime 2016/01/31 17:39
Latitude -63.32 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 168.96 ° ± 8 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  2215 363926
Dunedin  1943 114347
Lower Hutt  2492 101194
Porirua  2500 50914
Invercargill  1883 47287
Upper Hutt  2501 38400
Ashburton  2169 30100
Timaru  2111 28007
Blenheim  2449 26550
Oamaru  2031 13000
Gore  1918 12108
Queenstown  2037 10442
Kaiapoi  2232 10200
Greymouth  2325 9419
Wellington  2480 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.27
Azimuthal gap 103.77 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SBA P 17:42:31.94 0.15 181.85 14.54 Automatic
IU SNZO P 17:44:01.87 -0.78 11.44 22.27 Automatic
IU CASY P 17:44:22.47 0.4 236.97 24.13 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:47:25.42 -2.17 329.68 45.9 Automatic
II MSVF P 17:47:29.92 1.71 12.08 46.01 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:47:51.72 -2.45 315.24 49.3 Automatic
IU AFI P 17:48:12.67 4.32 24.25 51.23 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:48:28.69 3.38 298.42 53.42 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:48:41.12 -3.04 333.82 56.13 Automatic
II EFI P 17:49:07.12 -1.27 148.14 59.26 Automatic
II SUR P 17:51:23.82 2.26 206.82 81 Automatic
IU LVC P 17:51:28.72 -2.6 128.02 82.93 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:52:41.47 0.11 296 98.22 Automatic