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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/09 13:38
Universal datetime 2016/02/09 00:38
Latitude -42.31 ° ± 19 km
Longitude 172.93 ° ± 7 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  139 363926
Lower Hutt  206 101194
Palmerston North  312 75996
Porirua  207 50914
Wanganui  318 40268
Upper Hutt  218 38400
Ashburton  201 30100
Timaru  269 28007
Blenheim  123 26550
Paraparaumu  233 25263
Masterton  272 20698
Levin  272 19789
Kaiapoi  122 10200
Greymouth  141 9419
Wellington  190 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.79
Azimuthal gap 222.46 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 00:39:23.72 -0.62 53.61 1.66 Automatic
II MSVF P 00:44:16.27 -1.88 11.64 24.95 Automatic
IU RAR P 00:45:16.42 2.53 55.85 31.11 Automatic
IU CTAO P 00:45:19.57 1.52 306.4 31.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:46:25.12 0.04 292.49 39.37 Automatic
IU PMG P 00:46:29.52 0.75 318.05 39.91 Automatic
IU MBWA P 00:47:42.24 -0.29 278.31 48.99 Automatic
II KAPI P 00:49:03.32 1.56 292.92 59.97 Automatic
IU CHTO P 00:51:57.14 -3.62 294.48 91.37 Automatic