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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/04/27 04:04
Universal datetime 2016/04/27 02:04
Latitude -52.64 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 25.96 ° ± 8 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  2165 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2075 967677
Uitenhage  2098 228912
Paarl  2177 187865
George  2095 174582
Bhisho  2199 137287
Worcester  2174 127597
Grahamstown  2149 91548
Oudtshoorn  2139 76708
Knysna  2080 63106
Graaff Reinet  2262 62896
Hermanus  2095 25153
Port Alfred  2117 17959
Bredasdorp  2067 14936
Swellendam  2115 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.83
Azimuthal gap 68.59 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 02:08:44.32 -0.28 347.56 20.6 Automatic
IU TSUM P 02:10:49.27 -0.14 345.78 34.07 Automatic
II HOPE P 02:11:08.12 0.61 241.75 35.98 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:11:17.97 -1.47 179.9 37.39 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:11:53.22 0.63 142.68 41.34 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:12:40.32 -0.14 169.57 47.31 Automatic
IU NWAO P 02:14:49.27 1.57 112.33 65.12 Automatic
IU RCBR P 02:15:09.17 0.78 289.54 68.57 Automatic
IU KOWA P 02:15:27.32 -0.26 329.42 71.94 Automatic
II UOSS P 02:16:23.22 -0.4 27.47 81.95 Automatic
II WRAB P 02:16:39.77 -1.31 116.39 84.78 Automatic
II KAPI P 02:16:58.7 0.41 96.05 88.31 Automatic