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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2013/09/21 01:34
Universal datetime 2013/09/20 23:34
Latitude -52.27 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 14.41 ° ± 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  2064 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2222 967677
Uitenhage  2237 228912
Paarl  2095 187865
George  2134 174582
Worcester  2108 127597
Grahamstown  2321 91548
Oudtshoorn  2168 76708
Saldanha  2158 68284
Knysna  2140 63106
Beaufort West  2309 44737
Hermanus  2021 25153
Port Alfred  2303 17959
Bredasdorp  2021 14936
Swellendam  2084 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.97
Azimuthal gap 71.31 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 23:38:52.47 -1.05 15.66 20.42 Automatic
IU TSUM P 23:40:51.32 -0.96 5.49 33.16 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:41:32.82 -0.7 179.91 37.78 Automatic
IU PMSA P 23:41:51.42 0.32 220.66 39.86 Automatic
II ABPO P 23:42:06.97 0.04 50.07 41.93 Automatic
IU SBA P 23:43:03.19 0.54 172.54 48.77 Automatic
IU KMBO P 23:43:46.17 2.47 28.44 54.59 Automatic
IU LVC P 23:45:18.92 0.45 260.69 68.3 Automatic
IU SAML P 23:45:59.52 -0.81 274.31 75.35 Automatic
IU MBWA P 23:46:38.22 -0.78 114.81 82.26 Automatic
IU PAB P 23:47:29.57 0.79 345.62 93.25 Automatic
II NIL P 23:47:59.82 -0.31 46.36 100.07 Automatic