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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/05/27 16:31
Universal datetime 2016/05/27 05:31
Latitude -17.07 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 167.41 ° ± 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
Nouméa  583 93060
Suva  1177 77366
Honiara  1168 56298
Bundaberg  1786 52472
Nandi  1066 42284
Arawa  1761 40266
Caloundra  1824 38706
Port Vila  121 35901
Gladstone  1844 30489
Labasa  1279 24187
Maryborough  1787 20678
Bongaree  1839 13649
Luganville  174 13397
Gympie  1827 11027
Gizo  1517 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.96
Azimuthal gap 95.73 °
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
II MSVF P 05:33:54.77 2.94 95.37 10.18 Automatic
IU CTAO P 05:36:03.47 2.1 258.14 20.26 Automatic
II WRAB P 05:37:49.92 2.64 259.55 31.42 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:39:41.94 -0.19 256.88 45.07 Automatic
IU MAJO P 05:41:31.82 -0.74 333.17 60.29 Automatic
IU SBA P 05:41:35.47 -1.81 180.16 60.78 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:42:52.12 -2.64 180.03 72.86 Automatic
IU ULN P 05:43:56.7 -0.4 324.13 84.29 Automatic
IU BILL P 05:43:58.17 -1.9 359.64 85.14 Automatic