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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/20 22:40
Universal datetime 2016/08/20 11:40
Latitude -18.51 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 169.02 ° ± 7 km
Depth 214 km (from location) ± 11 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  495 93060
Suva  996 77366
Honiara  1402 56298
Bundaberg  1862 52472
Nandi  891 42284
Caloundra  1871 38706
Port Vila  114 35901
Labasa  1124 24187
Nukualofa  1675 22400
Caboolture  1901 21478
Maryborough  1853 20678
Bongaree  1883 13649
Luganville  386 13397
Gympie  1884 11027
Gizo  1751 6154

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 3 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.69
Azimuthal gap 94.23 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 11:42:12.37 -0.28 86.33 8.61 Automatic
IU TARA P 11:44:29.67 0.59 11.34 20.23 Automatic
IU CTAO P 11:44:43.82 -0.13 262.05 21.53 Automatic
IU SBA P 11:49:50.94 0.31 180.55 59.35 Automatic
IU MAJO P 11:50:08.42 -0.52 332.29 62.28 Automatic
IU YSS P 11:50:56.30 0.86 341.2 69.61 Automatic
IU PET P 11:51:10.90 0.69 353.46 72.1 Automatic
IU CHTO P 11:51:47.59 0.18 294.64 78.26 Automatic
II KDAK P 11:52:08.97 -0.17 19.5 82.67 Automatic
IU YAK P 11:52:27.82 0.2 342.67 86.36 Automatic
IU ULN P 11:52:27.82 -0.34 323.6 86.36 Automatic
IU BILL P 11:52:27.97 -0.63 359.04 86.6 Automatic
IU SLBS P 11:52:45.42 1.08 64.77 89.55 Automatic
IU COLA P 11:52:41.27 -1.85 16.87 89.63 Automatic
IU TUC P 11:52:54.92 0.01 56.44 91.9 Automatic