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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/03 14:35
Universal datetime 2016/05/03 02:35
Latitude -55.71 ° ± 8 km
Longitude -144.16 ° ± 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  3335 363926
Dunedin  3310 114347
Lower Hutt  3363 101194
Hastings  3366 61696
Napier  3372 56787
Porirua  3373 50914
Upper Hutt  3361 38400
Gisborne  3372 34274
Ashburton  3365 30100
Timaru  3362 28007
Paraparaumu  3380 25263
Masterton  3337 20698
Oamaru  3329 13000
Kaiapoi  3344 10200
Wellington  3364 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.2
Azimuthal gap 88.68 °
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SBA P 02:40:51.14 1.28 200.01 27.7 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:41:48.22 0.35 180.12 34.26 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:43:24.52 0.24 212.74 45.84 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:43:37.2 1.4 307.65 47.48 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:45:21.57 -0.57 275.01 62.07 Automatic
IU LVC P 02:45:29.27 -0.91 91.44 63.25 Automatic
II NNA P 02:45:56.12 -0.55 77.83 67.41 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:46:04.7 -2.37 265.27 68.89 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:46:15.42 0.85 282.54 70.3 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:47:56.7 -1.33 262.15 89.27 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:48:11.77 1.6 27.74 92.52 Automatic