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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2025/08/20 08:27
Universal datetime 2025/08/19 21:27
Latitude -10.33 ° ± 15 km
Longitude 169.02 ° ± 14 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  1348 93060
Suva  1333 77366
Honiara  1000 56298
Nandi  1226 42284
Arawa  1550 40266
Port Vila  822 35901
Tarawa  1364 28802
Labasa  1308 24187
Nukualofa  2066 22400
Majuro  1946 20500
Kimbe  2147 18847
Luganville  607 13397
Rabaul  1983 8074
Apia  2129 6940
Gizo  1362 6154

Past seismicity

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

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.66
Azimuthal gap 165.67 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 6

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU MBWA P 21:35:43.62 0.45 250.81 48.46 Automatic
G DRV P 21:37:00.75 -2.89 192.87 59.64 Automatic
IU SBA P 21:37:57.52 1.55 180.52 67.53 Automatic
G CCD P 21:38:07.80 -0.76 191.33 69.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 21:39:09.57 2.17 180.03 79.6 Automatic
IU TUC P 21:39:46.92 -0.51 56.48 87.38 Automatic