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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 M
Local datetime 2013/04/20 07:12
Universal datetime 2013/04/20 05:12
Latitude -54.92 ° ± 8 km
Longitude 2.03 ° ± 9 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
Cape Town  2660 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2960 967677
Uitenhage  2970 228912
Paarl  2702 187865
George  2819 174582
Worcester  2726 127597
Grahamstown  3068 91548
Oudtshoorn  2844 76708
Saldanha  2734 68284
Knysna  2836 63106
Beaufort West  2982 44737
Hermanus  2640 25153
Port Alfred  3057 17959
Bredasdorp  2660 14936
Swellendam  2727 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.67
Azimuthal gap 137.53 °
Number of stations used 7
Number of phases used 7

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II HOPE P 05:16:52.92 -2.54 255.68 22.04 Automatic
II SUR P 05:17:35.22 1 38.12 26.14 Automatic
II EFI P 05:18:56.27 3.32 249.8 34.94 Automatic
IU QSPA P 05:18:53.87 -0.66 179.92 35.13 Automatic
IU TSUM P 05:19:13.72 -0.65 24.51 37.63 Automatic
IU LSZ P 05:20:10.37 -0.58 37.35 44.5 Automatic
IU SBA P 05:20:31.79 0.12 175.64 46.89 Automatic