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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2016/09/16 22:38
Universal datetime 2016/09/16 18:38
Latitude -29.31 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 61.13 ° ± 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
Saint-Pierre  1052 84212
Curepipe  1061 84200
Le Tampon  1057 78629
Saint-Louis  1063 53365
Saint-Benoît  1065 37759
Saint-Joseph  1045 37644
L'Étang-Salé  1065 13894
Bras-Panon  1073 12811
Petite-Île  1045 12162
Les Avirons  1069 11345
Entre-Deux  1062 6902
La Plaine-des-Palmistes  1059 6565
Sainte-Rose  1050 6418
Cilaos  1070 5456
Saint-Philippe  1039 5260

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.28
Azimuthal gap 73.28 °
Number of stations used 27
Number of phases used 27

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II MSEY P 18:43:32.87 1.05 346.68 25.21 Automatic
IU KMBO P 18:45:07.77 -1.35 316.76 36.22 Automatic
IU TSUM P 18:45:48.12 -0.15 274.25 40.72 Automatic
II MBAR P 18:45:49.52 1.89 309.24 40.78 Automatic
II PALK P 18:45:53.57 3.63 30.33 41.15 Automatic
IU CASY P 18:46:42.72 0.87 155.5 47.43 Automatic
II UOSS P 18:47:31.27 -1.02 354.51 54.46 Automatic
II RAYN P 18:47:33.87 -1.99 342.44 54.93 Automatic
II KAPI P 18:48:15.57 -0.65 78.2 60.33 Automatic
IU CHTO P 18:48:14.29 -0.76 41.88 60.39 Automatic
IU QSPA P 18:48:18.12 -0.75 179.92 60.68 Automatic
IU SBA P 18:48:45.57 0.43 167.03 64.59 Automatic
II WRAB P 18:48:55.12 -0.73 100.36 66.21 Automatic
IU GNI P 18:49:24.67 1.4 346.82 71.11 Automatic
II AAK P 18:49:33.72 -0.82 10.24 73 Automatic
IU ANTO P 18:49:41.17 0.32 337.73 74.02 Automatic
II KIV P 18:49:46.82 -0.59 346.37 75.19 Automatic
IU CTAO P 18:49:56.82 0.08 105.55 76.25 Automatic
IU PMSA P 18:49:59.12 -0.68 200.97 76.77 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 18:50:05.59 -0.07 14.4 78.42 Automatic
II KURK P 18:50:20.57 -1.8 11.09 81.51 Automatic
IU PMG P 18:50:29.47 1.59 96.32 81.98 Automatic
II BRVK P 18:50:27.72 -1.13 5.53 82.76 Automatic
II OBN P 18:50:50.82 0.38 346.23 87.02 Automatic
IU ULN P 18:50:51.57 -1.49 28.84 87.49 Automatic
II BFO P 18:51:09.77 0.68 328.02 90.87 Automatic
IU PAB P 18:51:15.82 1.66 315.42 91.87 Automatic