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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2017/02/07 07:23
Universal datetime 2017/02/06 18:23
Latitude -56.80 ° ± 11 km
Longitude -150.60 ° ± 8 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  2962 363926
Dunedin  2920 114347
Lower Hutt  3012 101194
Hastings  3033 61696
Porirua  3022 50914
Invercargill  3013 47287
Upper Hutt  3011 38400
Ashburton  2988 30100
Timaru  2981 28007
Paraparaumu  3031 25263
Masterton  2991 20698
Oamaru  2944 13000
Gore  2998 12108
Kaiapoi  2973 10200
Wellington  3011 5428

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 0 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.15
Azimuthal gap 104.25 °
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 SBA P 18:28:55.37 1.12 199.37 25.47 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:34:05.67 -2.29 271.03 65.28 Automatic
IU LVC P 18:34:16.27 -1.28 96.18 66.75 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:34:20.32 0.98 288.67 67.15 Automatic
II NNA P 18:34:43.27 -1.01 83 71.12 Automatic
IU OTAV P 18:35:38.2 0.41 74.79 80.54 Automatic
II JTS P 18:36:04.87 0.48 63.99 85.83 Automatic
IU SLBS P 18:36:12.47 1.02 36.67 87.46 Automatic
IU TUC P 18:36:47.92 0.57 32.92 95.27 Automatic