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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2016/02/27 00:41
Universal datetime 2016/02/27 02:41
Latitude 4.53 ° ± 9 km
Longitude -32.69 ° ± 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
Fortaleza  1126 2.4e+06
Natal  1174 763043
Mossoró  1192 202005
Sobral  1246 157996
Itapipoca  1173 55784
Camocim  1224 44481
Aracati  1153 44293
Canindé  1227 42720
Russas  1201 39465
Açu  1212 36125
Acaraú  1164 28389
Santa Cruz  1245 27775
Granja  1240 25879
Baturité  1197 22417
Paracuru  1126 21196

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.9
Azimuthal gap 98.66 °
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 23

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU SJG P 02:48:44.37 0.93 295.26 35.41 Automatic
IU SDV P 02:49:05.37 0.32 278.65 37.92 Automatic
IU SSPA P 02:51:13.47 0.73 318.42 54.24 Automatic
IU TSUM P 02:51:17.2 -0.62 117.34 54.85 Automatic
II BFO P 02:51:25.17 -0.13 31.75 56.01 Automatic
IU WCI P 02:51:47.72 0.06 312.53 59.11 Automatic
IU WVT P 02:51:50.22 -0.66 309.76 59.56 Automatic
II SUR P 02:52:11.97 -0.01 130.19 62.71 Automatic
IU CCM P 02:52:11.17 -1.32 310.91 62.73 Automatic
II MBAR P 02:52:19.22 0.51 92.93 63.57 Automatic
IU KMBO P 02:53:00.97 0.54 92.84 70.1 Automatic
IU ANMO P 02:53:24.47 0.33 305.09 74.12 Automatic
II FFC P 02:53:22.97 -2.55 325.9 74.45 Automatic
II KIV P 02:53:36.57 -0.21 45.79 76.35 Automatic
II RAYN P 02:53:42.47 -0.59 66.89 77.38 Automatic
II LVZ P 02:53:42.32 0.03 20.84 77.43 Automatic
IU GNI P 02:53:43.37 0.08 49.84 77.48 Automatic
IU TUC P 02:53:43.82 0.08 302.11 77.53 Automatic
II PFO P 02:54:10.82 1.18 303.34 82.31 Automatic
II UOSS P 02:54:32.87 -1.05 65.19 87.09 Automatic
II BRVK P 02:55:07.7 0.92 35.96 94.09 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:55:07.2 -0.41 180 94.6 Automatic
II AAK P 02:55:32.7 1.84 45.43 99.39 Automatic