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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2015/10/23 06:04
Universal datetime 2015/10/23 04:04
Latitude -45.86 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 37.14 ° ± 6 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
Durban  1855 3.120282e+06
Port Elizabeth  1645 967677
Uitenhage  1675 228912
George  1818 174582
Bhisho  1666 137287
Queenstown  1784 105309
Grahamstown  1663 91548
Umtata  1742 78663
Oudtshoorn  1865 76708
Knysna  1777 63106
Graaff Reinet  1854 62896
Port Shepstone  1778 52793
Cradock  1812 32898
Port Alfred  1618 17959
Port St. Johns  1711 5939

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.01
Azimuthal gap 66.02 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 04:08:34.47 0.55 311.33 18.43 Automatic
IU TSUM P 04:10:35.27 -1.93 322.35 31.16 Automatic
IU CASY P 04:12:15.47 0.45 145.22 42.52 Automatic
IU KMBO P 04:12:31.37 0.87 0.17 44.74 Automatic
II MBAR P 04:12:38.42 0.97 351.03 45.61 Automatic
II HOPE P 04:12:41.92 0.52 231.39 45.79 Automatic
IU PMSA P 04:13:42.32 0.35 211.24 53.72 Automatic
II PALK P 04:15:04.77 1.71 48.54 65.82 Automatic
IU TRQA P 04:15:25.82 -0.81 236.29 69.17 Automatic
IU MBWA P 04:15:31.82 0.81 100.12 69.96 Automatic
IU KOWA P 04:15:33.87 -0.4 317.59 70.85 Automatic
II UOSS P 04:15:44.62 -1.17 18.05 72.9 Automatic
IU RCBR P 04:15:55.77 0.92 278.23 74.04 Automatic
II WRAB P 04:16:31.7 -1.61 109.06 80.66 Automatic
IU LVC P 04:16:51.92 -0.18 243.06 84.36 Automatic
IU CHTO P 04:16:54.22 -1.07 56.82 85.42 Automatic
II NIL P 04:16:56.7 -0.93 29.48 85.96 Automatic
IU GNI P 04:16:59.12 0.96 5.82 86.28 Automatic