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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2014/04/15 05:57
Universal datetime 2014/04/15 03:57
Latitude -53.60 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 8.96 ° ± 5 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  2312 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2546 967677
Uitenhage  2558 228912
Paarl  2349 187865
George  2429 174582
Worcester  2368 127597
Grahamstown  2650 91548
Oudtshoorn  2459 76708
Saldanha  2396 68284
Knysna  2441 63106
Beaufort West  2599 44737
Hermanus  2281 25153
Port Alfred  2635 17959
Bredasdorp  2291 14936
Swellendam  2357 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.4
Azimuthal gap 51.34 °
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 SUR P 04:02:05.17 -1.32 26.53 22.85 Automatic
II HOPE P 04:02:39.72 0.12 249.91 26.29 Automatic
IU TSUM P 04:03:52.47 -2.94 14.29 35.04 Automatic
IU QSPA P 04:04:06.87 -2.16 179.92 36.45 Automatic
IU PMSA P 04:04:11.77 0.73 223.03 36.67 Automatic
II EFI P 04:04:30.77 -1.5 244.64 39.18 Automatic
II SHEL P 04:04:33.12 1.09 337.37 39.36 Automatic
II ABPO P 04:05:21.42 0.03 55.4 45.35 Automatic
IU CASY P 04:05:30.42 -0.98 147.06 46.45 Automatic
IU KMBO P 04:06:51.72 0.71 34.22 57.44 Automatic
IU RCBR P 04:07:09.42 0.09 305.87 59.99 Automatic
II MSEY P 04:07:23.47 1.8 55.15 61.8 Automatic
IU LVC P 04:07:44.82 1.53 265.44 64.87 Automatic
II DGAR P 04:08:06.97 1.27 72.51 68.5 Automatic
IU NWAO P 04:08:39.17 0.84 123.85 73.66 Automatic
II SACV P 04:08:39.2 1.43 327.26 74.03 Automatic
II TAU P 04:08:59.32 0.93 150.05 77.1 Automatic
II NNA P 04:09:00.12 -1.61 266.16 77.89 Automatic
II PALK P 04:09:40.52 0.84 70.95 85.27 Automatic
II UOSS P 04:09:51.37 -3.03 41.76 88.52 Automatic
IU SDV P 04:10:08.97 1.61 283.61 91.05 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:10:17.27 0.37 129.9 92.8 Automatic
IU PAB P 04:10:17.57 -0.73 349.75 93.85 Automatic
IU ANTO P 04:10:26.32 -0.48 18.16 95.7 Automatic
II NIL P 04:11:03.67 1.35 50.46 103.41 Automatic