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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2018/12/17 02:03
Universal datetime 2018/12/16 15:03
Latitude -16.06 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 168.07 ° ± 6 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  707 93060
Suva  1127 77366
Honiara  1146 56298
Bundaberg  1906 52472
Nandi  1014 42284
Arawa  1745 40266
Caloundra  1949 38706
Port Vila  187 35901
Gladstone  1959 30489
Labasa  1210 24187
Nukualofa  1849 22400
Maryborough  1910 20678
Luganville  114 13397
Gympie  1951 11027
Gizo  1507 6154

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 2 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.78
Azimuthal gap 78.61 °
Number of stations used 10
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 15:05:42.82 1.27 101.42 9.69 Automatic
IU CTAO P 15:08:08.92 1.98 255.72 21.11 Automatic
IU WAKE P 15:10:11.99 -3.86 357.68 35.37 Automatic
G CCD P 15:13:51.60 -1.9 191.65 63.72 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:14:55.17 -1.89 180.03 73.87 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:15:50.77 1.15 342.96 83.75 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:15:51.67 1.01 323.82 83.85 Automatic
IU BILL P 15:15:51.92 0.5 359.39 84.14 Automatic
IU COLA P 15:16:09.49 0.9 17.19 87.55 Automatic
IU TUC P 15:16:28.32 0.83 56.65 91.31 Automatic