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Type Event
Magnitude 6 mb
Local datetime 2023/02/15 19:38
Universal datetime 2023/02/15 06:38
Latitude -40.40 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 174.22 ° ± 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
Lower Hutt  106 101194
Palmerston North  118 75996
Hastings  239 61696
Napier  253 56787
Porirua  96 50914
New Plymouth  150 49168
Wanganui  88 40268
Upper Hutt  106 38400
Blenheim  125 26550
Paraparaumu  86 25263
Taupo  248 22469
Masterton  135 20698
Levin  93 19789
Hawera  92 11068
Wellington  110 5428

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.67
Azimuthal gap 52.74 °
Number of stations used 24
Number of phases used 24

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SNZO P 06:38:25.27 2.9 157.95 0.98 Automatic
II TAU P 06:42:40.57 1.88 253.99 20.16 Automatic
II MSVF P 06:43:06.44 -0.32 9.43 22.9 Automatic
IU RAR P 06:44:04.29 -1.46 56.8 29.25 Automatic
IU CTAO P 06:44:26.7 2.03 302.09 31.32 Automatic
G DRV P 06:44:33.55 -0.12 204.58 32.37 Automatic
IU SBA P 06:45:21.2 2.51 182.57 37.57 Automatic
IU PMG P 06:45:33.17 1.96 314.76 39.2 Automatic
II WRAB P 06:45:35.39 0.04 289.06 39.6 Automatic
G CCD P 06:45:49.75 -1.06 197.55 41.43 Automatic
IU CASY P 06:46:03.57 -1.68 211.8 43.18 Automatic
IU NWAO P 06:46:22.69 -1.4 260.53 45.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 06:46:54.52 -0.73 180.05 49.53 Automatic
IU MBWA P 06:46:54.82 -1.62 275.74 49.72 Automatic
II KAPI P 06:48:11.89 0.48 290.85 60.16 Automatic
II RPN P 06:48:30.72 -0.79 103.77 62.98 Automatic
IU PMSA P 06:48:46.12 -1.86 156.51 65.44 Automatic
II HOPE P 06:50:21.77 -2.14 162.47 81.72 Automatic
IU MAJO P 06:50:31.32 0.38 331.63 83.75 Automatic
IU INCN P 06:50:57.17 -0.89 324.13 89.25 Automatic
IU CHTO P 06:51:07.94 -1.67 293.68 91.48 Automatic
IU YSS P 06:51:11.50 2.29 339.12 91.74 Automatic
II PALK P 06:51:35.57 -1.65 273.29 97.37 Automatic
IU ANMO P 06:52:12.7 2.91 56.43 104.81 Automatic