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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2026/02/16 16:02
Universal datetime 2026/02/16 03:02
Latitude -25.41 ° ± 6 km
Longitude -177.98 ° ± 5 km
Depth 231 km (from location) ± 9 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Auckland  1444 417910
Manukau  1453 362000
North Shore  1438 207865
Waitakere  1454 166237
Tauranga  1471 110338
Suva  887 77366
Whangarei  1360 50900
Nandi  968 42284
Labasa  1033 24187
Nukualofa  551 22400
Pukekohe  1471 21438
Whakatane  1470 18602
Thames  1437 7136
Apia  1438 6940
Kerikeri  1336 5654

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.89
Azimuthal gap 90.43 °
Number of stations used 25
Number of phases used 25

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSVF P 03:04:40.9 1.66 333.53 8.51 Automatic
IU FUNA P 03:06:20.57 -1.53 350.46 17.1 Automatic
IU RAR P 03:06:23.12 -1.42 79.65 17.22 Automatic
IU TARA P 03:08:07.62 -1.36 340.44 28.18 Automatic
IU CTAO P 03:08:56.7 0.6 271.75 33.31 Automatic
IU PMG P 03:09:24.99 0.63 289.51 36.74 Automatic
II WRAB P 03:10:23.64 -1.25 267.01 44.09 Automatic
IU MBWA P 03:11:59.52 -0.94 260.38 56.87 Automatic
G CCD P 03:12:05.0 -0.29 195.07 57.64 Automatic
II KAPI P 03:12:41.9 0.23 277.75 62.86 Automatic
IU QSPA P 03:12:51.47 -0.24 180.05 64.53 Automatic
IU MAJO P 03:13:49.97 -0.43 324.73 74.45 Automatic
IU TATO P 03:14:07.12 0.43 305.97 77.19 Automatic
IU YSS P 03:14:24.95 0.99 334.03 80.58 Automatic
IU PET P 03:14:25.49 -0.57 346.02 81.03 Automatic
II PFO P 03:14:38.7 0.46 47.52 83.04 Automatic
IU TUC P 03:14:54.7 0.62 51.34 86.18 Automatic
IU PAYG P 03:15:03.59 1.83 89.62 87.63 Automatic
IU MA2 P 03:15:04.12 -0.58 344.77 88.8 Automatic
IU ANMO P 03:15:14.44 0.04 51.03 90.64 Automatic
IU CHTO P 03:15:22.9 0.53 289.91 92.02 Automatic
IU COLA P 03:15:25.9 -0.2 12.32 93.25 Automatic
IU BILL P 03:15:29.32 -0.18 354.23 94.19 Automatic
IU RSSD P 03:15:43.57 1.07 44.01 96.86 Automatic
IU YAK P 03:15:41.92 -0.12 338.04 96.9 Automatic