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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/12/29 15:34
Universal datetime 2016/12/29 02:34
Latitude -41.45 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 174.31 ° ± 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
Christchurch  270 363926
Lower Hutt  57 101194
Palmerston North  163 75996
Porirua  58 50914
New Plymouth  267 49168
Wanganui  179 40268
Upper Hutt  69 38400
Blenheim  31 26550
Paraparaumu  84 25263
Masterton  125 20698
Levin  123 19789
Hawera  208 11068
Kaiapoi  254 10200
Greymouth  280 9419
Wellington  43 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.12
Azimuthal gap 115.64 °
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 SNZO P 02:34:41.52 -0.51 64.41 0.33 Automatic
II MSVF P 02:39:48.17 0.21 8.81 23.92 Automatic
IU CTAO P 02:41:01.12 0.64 303.39 31.94 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:41:41.77 1.12 182.67 36.53 Automatic
IU PMG P 02:42:10.77 2.02 315.53 39.99 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:42:08.22 -1.56 290.15 40.02 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:42:29.37 0.01 212.4 42.33 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:43:17.92 -0.29 180.05 48.49 Automatic
IU MBWA P 02:43:27.14 -1.64 276.55 49.91 Automatic