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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/21 13:30
Universal datetime 2016/08/21 02:30
Latitude -14.77 ° ± 14 km
Longitude 166.89 ° ± 9 km
Depth 145 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  831 93060
Suva  1288 77366
Honiara  958 56298
Bundaberg  1888 52472
Nandi  1174 42284
Arawa  1558 40266
Port Vila  362 35901
Gladstone  1925 30489
Tarawa  1905 28802
Labasa  1352 24187
Maryborough  1900 20678
Luganville  88 13397
Gympie  1946 11027
Yeppoon  1933 10769
Gizo  1322 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.33
Azimuthal gap 146.68 °
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
IU HNR P 02:32:56.99 -0.62 307.35 8.63 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:33:31.62 0.71 107.05 11.12 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:43:24.62 2.81 17.58 86.66 Automatic
II PFO P 02:43:25.57 -1.12 54.21 87.43 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:43:38.12 0.06 348.81 90.11 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:43:44.52 -1.54 56.92 91.55 Automatic
IU PMSA P 02:43:47.12 -0.19 160.67 91.67 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:44:03.72 -1.38 55.32 95.72 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:44:13.9 1.26 316.58 97.31 Automatic