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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2016/08/05 17:34
Universal datetime 2016/08/05 12:34
Latitude -23.83 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 82.52 ° ± 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
Port Louis  2611 155226
Saint-Pierre  2789 84212
Curepipe  2606 84200
Le Tampon  2784 78629
Saint-André  2781 56268
Saint-Benoît  2778 37759
Saint-Joseph  2774 37644
Sainte-Marie  2793 33839
Sainte-Suzanne  2787 23505
Bras-Panon  2782 12811
Petite-Île  2781 12162
Entre-Deux  2791 6902
La Plaine-des-Palmistes  2777 6565
Sainte-Rose  2765 6418
Saint-Philippe  2763 5260

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 0.99
Azimuthal gap 66.26 °
Number of stations used 37
Number of phases used 37

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU NWAO P 12:40:39.97 -0.15 114.56 31.71 Automatic
II ABPO P 12:40:52.87 0.42 271.44 33.11 Automatic
IU MBWA P 12:41:03.34 -0.23 93.05 34.39 Automatic
II KAPI P 12:41:54.37 -0.15 68.25 40.47 Automatic
IU CHTO P 12:42:35.27 1.31 22.02 45.56 Automatic
IU CASY P 12:42:41.52 2.59 164.77 45.99 Automatic
II WRAB P 12:42:54.62 -0.95 95.96 48.01 Automatic
IU KMBO P 12:43:05.77 0.63 290.56 49.33 Automatic
II SUR P 12:43:43.12 -0.35 246.19 54.37 Automatic
II UOSS P 12:43:45.2 -0.83 330.63 55.04 Automatic
II MBAR P 12:43:49.67 0.53 287.01 55.24 Automatic
II NIL P 12:44:07.27 -0.22 350.94 58.15 Automatic
IU CTAO P 12:44:14.27 -0.37 99.85 58.74 Automatic
II RAYN P 12:44:17.7 -0.3 320.13 59.44 Automatic
IU TSUM P 12:44:23.12 -0.73 260.76 60.07 Automatic
IU TATO P 12:44:35.57 2.7 40.36 61.71 Automatic
IU SBA P 12:44:59.79 0.01 166.7 65.52 Automatic
IU QSPA P 12:45:01.57 -2.12 179.93 66.13 Automatic
II AAK P 12:45:05.82 -0.02 353.59 66.88 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 12:45:28.7 -1.21 359.61 70.64 Automatic
IU GNI P 12:45:46.42 2.31 330.69 73.02 Automatic
IU INCN P 12:45:50.57 0.34 35.07 74.02 Automatic
II KURK P 12:45:51.82 -1.22 357.44 74.63 Automatic
IU ULN P 12:45:55.17 -0.29 16.76 75.01 Automatic
II KIV P 12:46:07.17 0.13 331.75 76.98 Automatic
II BRVK P 12:46:08.82 -1.36 352.51 77.63 Automatic
IU ANTO P 12:46:17.52 0.25 323.34 78.76 Automatic
IU MAJO P 12:46:23.92 -0.33 42.36 80 Automatic
II ERM P 12:46:57.52 0.28 40.45 86.4 Automatic
II MSVF P 12:47:06.62 0.63 108.43 87.76 Automatic
II OBN P 12:47:05.2 -0.14 335.72 88.15 Automatic
IU YSS P 12:47:09.45 -0.89 36.34 89.17 Automatic
IU KOWA P 12:47:28.27 -0.08 284.65 92.73 Automatic
IU YAK P 12:47:31.17 0.1 20.16 93.74 Automatic
II BFO P 12:47:50.62 0.43 319.78 97.82 Automatic
IU MA2 P 12:48:00.47 0.12 28.55 100.19 Automatic
IU TIXI P 12:48:01.87 -0.85 13.41 100.64 Automatic