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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 M
Local datetime 2013/05/18 06:05
Universal datetime 2013/05/18 04:05
Latitude -53.07 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 22.19 ° ± 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  2148 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2139 967677
Uitenhage  2160 228912
Paarl  2167 187865
George  2124 174582
Bhisho  2282 137287
Worcester  2169 127597
Grahamstown  2223 91548
Oudtshoorn  2165 76708
Saldanha  2254 68284
Knysna  2116 63106
Hermanus  2086 25153
Port Alfred  2195 17959
Bredasdorp  2067 14936
Swellendam  2121 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.07
Azimuthal gap 97.1 °
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 04:10:23.77 -0.6 356.71 20.71 Automatic
IU TSUM P 04:12:26.57 -1.26 352.22 34.05 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:12:53.12 -1.35 179.9 36.97 Automatic
IU LSZ P 04:13:00.27 -1.88 9.41 38.08 Automatic
II ABPO P 04:13:12.12 0.35 39.3 39.18 Automatic
IU CASY P 04:13:39.7 -0.58 143.37 42.37 Automatic
IU SBA P 04:14:19.66 0.77 170.44 47.28 Automatic
IU KMBO P 04:15:05.32 2.47 18.88 53.43 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:16:39.32 0.65 114.76 67.04 Automatic
IU LVC P 04:17:14.47 1 255.12 72.74 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:17:41.2 -0.4 108.8 77.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:18:28.62 -0.08 119.29 86.6 Automatic
II KAPI P 04:18:45.87 -0.74 99.05 90.51 Automatic
IU ANTO P 04:18:58.42 1.3 8.13 93.38 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:19:17.22 0.71 68.27 97.32 Automatic
II NIL P 04:19:15.17 -0.7 40.77 97.39 Automatic
II AAK P 04:19:53.72 0.34 37.21 105.73 Automatic