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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2016/10/29 02:33
Universal datetime 2016/10/29 00:33
Latitude -47.37 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 32.57 ° ± 7 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 Elizabeth  1599 967677
Uitenhage  1627 228912
George  1715 174582
Bhisho  1668 137287
Queenstown  1784 105309
Grahamstown  1643 91548
Umtata  1782 78663
Oudtshoorn  1762 76708
Knysna  1683 63106
Graaff Reinet  1806 62896
Cradock  1785 32898
Port Alfred  1602 17959
Bredasdorp  1769 14936
Swellendam  1798 13674
Port St. Johns  1767 5939

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.06
Azimuthal gap 78.6 °
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 15

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 00:37:51.32 -0.54 324.98 17.45 Automatic
IU TSUM P 00:40:00.72 -2.22 331.43 30.7 Automatic
II ABPO P 00:40:05.62 2.09 27.88 30.77 Automatic
II HOPE P 00:41:44.62 0.7 233.98 42.38 Automatic
IU CASY P 00:41:49.47 -0.1 144.83 43.08 Automatic
IU KMBO P 00:42:13.67 -0.03 6.47 46.42 Automatic
II MBAR P 00:42:17.17 0.57 357.49 46.79 Automatic
IU PMSA P 00:42:50.12 0.17 213.12 50.78 Automatic
IU SBA P 00:42:56.79 0.02 168.91 51.69 Automatic
II RAYN P 00:45:08.97 -0.35 12.47 71.84 Automatic
IU LVC P 00:46:04.77 0.92 246.38 80.88 Automatic
II WRAB P 00:46:13.27 -1.97 112.02 83.07 Automatic
II KAPI P 00:46:20.82 -0.65 91.33 84.41 Automatic
II NIL P 00:46:41.42 0.46 32.88 88.87 Automatic
II KIV P 00:46:54.82 0.94 7.27 91.76 Automatic