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Type Event
Magnitude 5.9 mb
Local datetime 2015/07/12 00:46
Universal datetime 2015/07/11 22:46
Latitude -33.91 ° ± 21 km
Longitude 13.78 ° ± 12 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  430 3.433441e+06
Paarl  480 187865
George  801 174582
Worcester  525 127597
Oudtshoorn  780 76708
Saldanha  398 68284
Beaufort West  838 44737
Hermanus  506 25153
Lüderitz  815 15137
Bredasdorp  580 14936
Swellendam  615 13674
Springbok  610 10438
Oranjemund  645 8496
Karasburg  806 6054
Carnarvon  851 5785

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.99
Azimuthal gap 208.65 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 6

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II ASCN P 22:53:41.12 -1.87 308.58 36.69 Automatic
IU LVC P 22:58:00.62 0.29 254.52 71.82 Automatic
IU GNI P 22:58:44.87 4.34 23.58 79.38 Automatic
II NIL P 22:59:18.32 -5.29 45.87 87.61 Automatic
IU SDV P 22:59:39.7 1.15 280.48 90.36 Automatic
II BRVK P 23:00:20.32 1.39 30.57 99.82 Automatic