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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/17 13:31
Universal datetime 2016/09/17 02:31
Latitude -15.93 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 167.28 ° ± 3 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  706 93060
Suva  1212 77366
Honiara  1072 56298
Bundaberg  1844 52472
Nandi  1099 42284
Arawa  1670 40266
Caloundra  1895 38706
Port Vila  228 35901
Gladstone  1892 30489
Labasa  1295 24187
Maryborough  1851 20678
Luganville  48 13397
Gympie  1894 11027
Yeppoon  1907 10769
Gizo  1429 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.94
Azimuthal gap 59.06 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 02:34:29.97 2.79 101.51 10.46 Automatic
IU FUNA P 02:35:12.4 -0.33 58.91 13.79 Automatic
IU TARA P 02:36:10.12 1.98 18.37 18.16 Automatic
IU AFI P 02:36:34.37 0.84 87.08 20.32 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:36:37.77 3.33 255.11 20.41 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:36:40.87 3.67 285.97 20.68 Automatic
IU GUMO P 02:39:05.57 0.72 321.89 36.91 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:40:15.44 0.61 255.79 45.23 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:40:36.2 0.53 277.79 47.88 Automatic
IU NWAO P 02:40:37.57 0.19 239.78 48.12 Automatic
IU KIP P 02:40:53.77 -0.62 43.36 50.53 Automatic
IU POHA P 02:41:03.2 4.32 46.97 51.08 Automatic
IU MAJO P 02:41:55.7 -1.64 332.97 59.22 Automatic
IU TATO P 02:42:06.57 -0.01 311.73 60.53 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:42:15.14 -1.3 180.13 61.92 Automatic
II ERM P 02:42:17.87 1.89 339.9 62.08 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:42:17.97 -1.89 202.31 62.39 Automatic
IU INCN P 02:42:40.27 0.03 325.43 65.68 Automatic
IU YSS P 02:42:45.80 -0.1 342.03 66.64 Automatic
IU PET P 02:43:01.60 -1.22 354.46 69.36 Automatic
IU CHTO P 02:43:42.4 -0.49 294.77 75.68 Automatic
IU MA2 P 02:43:44.22 -2.22 351.49 76.69 Automatic
II KDAK P 02:44:09.27 -0.09 20.37 80.81 Automatic
IU ULN P 02:44:21.72 -1.21 324.1 83.3 Automatic
IU YAK P 02:44:21.12 -1.83 343.26 83.41 Automatic
IU BILL P 02:44:23.82 -2.01 359.69 84 Automatic
IU COLA P 02:44:40.22 -3.97 17.44 87.65 Automatic
II PFO P 02:44:48.87 2.79 54.05 87.81 Automatic
IU PMSA P 02:44:57.37 -2.02 160.56 90.44 Automatic
IU TIXI P 02:44:59.27 -2.1 348.71 91.33 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:45:02.52 -2.68 56.85 91.87 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:45:26.7 1.68 55.34 96.07 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 02:45:33.72 -0.78 316.4 98.41 Automatic
II KURK P 02:45:49.7 1.15 319.77 101.44 Automatic