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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/12 17:16
Universal datetime 2016/04/12 15:16
Latitude -10.86 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 41.35 ° ± 4 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
Nacala  410 224795
Pemba  251 108737
Mtwara  143 96602
Montepuez  358 72279
Moroni  226 42872
Lindi  204 41912
Masasi  279 36032
Kibiti  435 30163
Mocimboa  121 27909
Bandraboua  459 13989
Kilindoni  376 12409
Chiconi  464 8295
Mtsamboro  453 7705
M'Tsangamouji  458 6432
Acoua  455 5192

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 5 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.16
Azimuthal gap 101.31 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II ABPO P 15:19:08.62 0.16 145.87 9.94 Automatic
IU LSZ P 15:19:56.82 -1.67 249.58 13.56 Automatic
II MBAR P 15:20:11.7 -2.66 313.52 14.71 Automatic
II MSEY P 15:20:19.72 -2.31 67.23 15.3 Automatic
IU TSUM P 15:22:06.47 1.85 247.18 24.39 Automatic
II RAYN P 15:23:34.57 0.93 6.71 34.62 Automatic
II UOSS P 15:24:08.42 0.54 21.86 38.63 Automatic
IU GNI P 15:25:48.92 2.12 3.33 51.11 Automatic
II NIL P 15:26:08.27 0.22 33.01 53.88 Automatic
II KIV P 15:26:15.2 0.73 1.18 54.83 Automatic
II AAK P 15:27:01.72 0.22 27.24 61.49 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:27:19.54 -0.53 62.71 64.06 Automatic
II BFO P 15:27:32.7 0.85 336.64 66 Automatic
II OBN P 15:27:32.12 0.63 357.01 66.1 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 15:27:43.89 -0.94 28.7 68.11 Automatic
II BRVK P 15:27:46.62 -0.56 18.21 68.53 Automatic
II KURK P 15:27:52.97 -0.85 24.15 69.57 Automatic
IU KONO P 15:28:26.37 0.39 344.02 74.97 Automatic
IU ULN P 15:29:08.52 0.59 38.08 82.45 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:29:42.32 -0.14 110.13 89.1 Automatic
IU YAK P 15:30:24.72 -0.47 28.32 98.8 Automatic
IU TIXI P 15:30:29.12 0.9 18.61 99.52 Automatic