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Type Event
Magnitude 5.8 mb
Local datetime 2017/10/10 20:53
Universal datetime 2017/10/10 18:53
Latitude -54.44 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 9.06 ° ± 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
Cape Town  2395 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2616 967677
Uitenhage  2629 228912
Paarl  2432 187865
George  2506 174582
Worcester  2450 127597
Grahamstown  2719 91548
Oudtshoorn  2536 76708
Saldanha  2481 68284
Knysna  2517 63106
Beaufort West  2676 44737
Hermanus  2363 25153
Port Alfred  2704 17959
Bredasdorp  2372 14936
Swellendam  2437 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.73
Azimuthal gap 91.98 °
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 20

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TRIS P 18:58:34.64 -1.06 311.13 22.71 Automatic
II SUR P 18:58:42.87 -1.41 25.47 23.58 Automatic
IU TSUM P 19:00:26.92 -5.77 13.83 35.84 Automatic
IU PMSA P 19:00:34.87 -1.75 223.79 36.1 Automatic
II EFI P 19:01:00.27 0.07 245.52 38.89 Automatic
II SHEL P 19:01:12.47 3.38 337.61 40.16 Automatic
IU LSZ P 19:01:21.22 -2.18 28.26 41.89 Automatic
IU CASY P 19:01:55.32 -0.71 146.58 45.72 Automatic
II ABPO P 19:01:58.37 3.16 54.61 45.79 Automatic
IU SBA P 19:02:04.49 -1.63 173.73 47 Automatic
II MBAR P 19:03:16.62 0.51 26.23 56.71 Automatic
IU KMBO P 19:03:27.87 1.8 33.81 58.1 Automatic
IU RCBR P 19:03:46.7 2.62 306.15 60.53 Automatic
IU LVC P 19:04:12.72 -0.96 265.75 64.87 Automatic
IU KOWA P 19:04:36.14 -6.41 346.51 69.83 Automatic
II NNA P 19:05:34.67 2.51 266.25 77.9 Automatic
IU OTAV P 19:06:28.7 0.61 272.16 88.75 Automatic
II UOSS P 19:06:29.27 1.71 41.66 89.11 Automatic
IU PAB P 19:06:53.97 1.44 349.66 94.69 Automatic
IU ANTO P 19:07:04.79 4.07 18.11 96.48 Automatic