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Type Event
Magnitude 5.5 mb
Local datetime 2016/03/18 23:49
Universal datetime 2016/03/18 12:49
Latitude -12.48 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 166.48 ° ± 4 km
Depth 81 km (from location) ± 6 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  1082 93060
Suva  1428 77366
Honiara  789 56298
Bundaberg  2023 52472
Nandi  1314 42284
Arawa  1384 40266
Port Vila  614 35901
Tarawa  1690 28802
Popondetta  2037 28198
Labasa  1457 24187
Kimbe  1952 18847
Luganville  344 13397
Yeppoon  2039 10769
Rabaul  1824 8074
Gizo  1162 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 63.27 °
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 28

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 12:50:58.7 -2.26 294.72 7.1 Automatic
II MSVF P 12:52:12.7 0.37 116.66 12.34 Automatic
IU TARA P 12:52:49.44 0.58 25.24 15.24 Automatic
IU PMG P 12:53:41.32 4.43 277.27 19.21 Automatic
IU AFI P 12:53:59.2 0.56 96.32 21.21 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:55:33.52 -1.63 252.17 31.68 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:57:40.57 0.2 274.9 46.72 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:58:45.42 -0.83 332.6 55.8 Automatic
IU TATO P 12:59:01.22 0.81 310.68 57.67 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:59:32.82 0.61 324.98 62.4 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:59:38.40 1.96 342.07 63.12 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:59:52.37 0.12 201.52 65.3 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:59:52.24 -0.21 179.94 65.37 Automatic
IU MA2 P 13:00:39.22 -0.1 351.76 73.17 Automatic
IU CHTO P 13:00:43.64 0.24 294.19 73.54 Automatic
IU QSPA P 13:01:04.42 -1.2 180.03 77.45 Automatic
IU YAK P 13:01:17.12 -0.35 343.42 79.88 Automatic
IU ULN P 13:01:19.17 0.23 324.09 80.05 Automatic
IU BILL P 13:01:19.57 -1.35 359.99 80.55 Automatic
IU COLA P 13:01:40.62 -1.61 17.76 84.6 Automatic
II PALK P 13:01:59.37 0.96 278.02 87.49 Automatic
IU TIXI P 13:01:56.72 -1.12 348.9 87.79 Automatic
IU TUC P 13:02:12.52 0.03 56.97 90.64 Automatic
IU ANMO P 13:02:32.67 1.31 55.23 94.75 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 13:02:33.42 -0.4 316.82 95.37 Automatic
II KURK P 13:02:45.72 -1.16 320.25 98.29 Automatic
II AAK P 13:02:54.42 0.29 311.74 99.87 Automatic
II BRVK P 13:03:10.32 -0.49 322.06 103.66 Automatic