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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/28 08:29
Universal datetime 2016/02/27 21:29
Latitude -51.92 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 140.29 ° ± 11 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
Melbourne  1610 3.730206e+06
Geelong  1562 160991
Launceston  1275 72458
Hobart  1138 47700
Cranbourne  1585 39419
Warrnambool  1515 29928
Mount Gambier  1567 23209
Burnie  1281 19972
Devonport  1279 19317
Traralgon  1601 18226
Kingston  1124 14371
Colac  1531 9089
Hamilton  1583 8869
Portland  1513 8841
Wonthaggi  1536 5985

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.81
Azimuthal gap 137.88 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II TAU P 21:32:14.37 1.05 30.47 10.18 Automatic
IU CASY P 21:34:22.92 -3.87 214.58 20.6 Automatic
II WRAB P 21:36:10.47 -5.19 349.53 32.32 Automatic
IU PMG P 21:37:42.82 -1.66 9.98 42.89 Automatic
II KAPI P 21:38:37.57 -2 332.81 49.9 Automatic
II EFI P 21:41:31.42 -0.33 168.35 75.25 Automatic
II ABPO P 21:41:41.22 0.48 255.7 76.97 Automatic
II PALK P 21:41:47.7 2.82 298.96 77.88 Automatic
IU CHTO P 21:41:48.47 -3.21 320.49 79.38 Automatic
II SUR P 21:42:00.32 -0.24 228.2 80.49 Automatic
II MSEY P 21:42:17.62 4.3 271.2 83.12 Automatic
IU MAJO P 21:42:39.32 2.03 358.32 88.49 Automatic
II NIL P 21:43:51.12 3.95 307.94 103.64 Automatic
IU ULN P 21:43:49.12 1.87 337.76 103.75 Automatic