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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2021/08/17 03:35
Universal datetime 2021/08/16 16:35
Latitude -16.09 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 167.94 ° ± 5 km
Depth 211 km (from location) ± 8 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nouméa  701 93060
Suva  1140 77366
Honiara  1137 56298
Bundaberg  1892 52472
Nandi  1027 42284
Arawa  1736 40266
Caloundra  1936 38706
Port Vila  186 35901
Gladstone  1945 30489
Labasa  1224 24187
Nukualofa  1862 22400
Maryborough  1896 20678
Luganville  104 13397
Gympie  1937 11027
Gizo  1497 6154

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.82
Azimuthal gap 84.93 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 16:37:30.42 0.48 101.14 9.81 Automatic
IU HNR P 16:37:35.52 0.36 309.54 10.24 Automatic
IU TARA P 16:39:06.97 -1.67 16.21 18.13 Automatic
IU CTAO P 16:39:40.92 0.55 255.76 20.98 Automatic
II WRAB P 16:41:20.74 -0.23 258.01 32.11 Automatic
IU MBWA P 16:43:13.62 -0.7 255.91 45.8 Automatic
IU NWAO P 16:43:34.67 -1 240.01 48.59 Automatic
G DRV P 16:44:12.45 -0.95 193.3 53.79 Automatic
IU MAJO P 16:44:52.37 -1.16 332.5 59.66 Automatic
IU SBA P 16:45:09.69 0.69 180.28 61.76 Automatic
G CCD P 16:45:21.65 -0.07 191.62 63.67 Automatic
IU INCN P 16:45:38.42 1.66 325.06 66.17 Automatic
IU YSS P 16:45:42.25 0.82 341.61 66.99 Automatic
IU QSPA P 16:46:24.97 0.18 180.03 73.84 Automatic
IU CHTO P 16:46:39.39 0.53 294.56 76.31 Automatic
IU YAK P 16:47:16.42 -0.5 343.01 83.74 Automatic
IU ULN P 16:47:18.17 0.43 323.87 83.8 Automatic
IU BILL P 16:47:19.47 0.58 359.44 84.17 Automatic