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Type Event
Magnitude 5.4 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/16 08:28
Universal datetime 2016/02/15 19:28
Latitude -48.65 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 163.75 ° ± 5 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  891 363926
Dunedin  595 114347
Lower Hutt  1207 101194
Porirua  1210 50914
Invercargill  428 47287
Upper Hutt  1219 38400
Ashburton  811 30100
Timaru  744 28007
Blenheim  1127 26550
Oamaru  678 13000
Gore  485 12108
Queenstown  554 10442
Kaiapoi  904 10200
Greymouth  900 9419
Wellington  1191 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.26
Azimuthal gap 150.92 °
Number of stations used 16
Number of phases used 16

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 19:30:39.17 -3.79 50.53 10.66 Automatic
II TAU P 19:31:14.72 2.49 290.53 12.78 Automatic
IU CTAO P 19:34:34.87 0.29 327.64 31.83 Automatic
II WRAB P 19:35:19.37 -1.39 310.19 37.15 Automatic
IU NWAO P 19:35:26.42 -1.02 276.98 37.84 Automatic
IU RAR P 19:35:47.47 3.17 59.71 39.93 Automatic
IU AFI P 19:35:49.57 3.84 38.56 40.17 Automatic
IU PMG P 19:35:58.27 0.78 334.92 41.64 Automatic
IU MBWA P 19:36:20.12 -1.11 292.24 44.44 Automatic
II KAPI P 19:37:57.62 -0.42 304.76 57.38 Automatic
IU MAJO P 19:40:57.47 -1.54 339.72 88.18 Automatic
IU CHTO P 19:40:59.87 -2.45 301.04 88.62 Automatic
II PALK P 19:41:17.57 3.82 280.01 90.9 Automatic
II ABPO P 19:41:17.32 -2.59 237.82 91.96 Automatic
IU INCN P 19:41:16.97 -1.01 331.36 92.22 Automatic
II SUR P 19:41:23.62 0.95 210.63 92.48 Automatic