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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2017/02/20 14:56
Universal datetime 2017/02/20 03:56
Latitude -11.67 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 166.35 ° ± 8 km
Depth 115 km (from location) ± 10 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  1172 93060
Suva  1484 77366
Honiara  742 56298
Bundaberg  2077 52472
Nandi  1371 42284
Arawa  1329 40266
Port Vila  703 35901
Tarawa  1617 28802
Popondetta  2008 28198
Labasa  1502 24187
Kimbe  1907 18847
Kavieng  1987 14490
Luganville  434 13397
Rabaul  1769 8074
Gizo  1115 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.13
Azimuthal gap 152.96 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU HNR P 03:58:29.74 1.17 288.95 6.68 Automatic
IU TARA P 04:00:12.59 -0.28 27.06 14.58 Automatic
IU PMG P 04:01:04.82 -1.09 275.02 18.99 Automatic
IU CTAO P 04:01:26.87 -1.04 243.92 21.05 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:03:05.67 -1.28 250.89 31.8 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:05:08.87 -0.45 274.18 46.52 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:05:33.2 0.28 236.43 49.6 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:08:40.92 0.77 180.03 78.26 Automatic
IU ULN P 04:08:45.2 -0.06 324.06 79.31 Automatic
IU BILL P 04:08:45.72 -0.96 0.04 79.74 Automatic
IU COLA P 04:09:07.62 -0.99 17.83 83.87 Automatic
IU TIXI P 04:09:23.67 -0.28 348.93 86.97 Automatic
II PALK P 04:09:29.67 2.42 278.01 87.24 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 04:10:00.29 -0.43 316.89 94.69 Automatic
II KURK P 04:10:15.92 2.2 320.34 97.59 Automatic