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Type Event
Magnitude 6.3 mb
Local datetime 2018/08/19 02:38
Universal datetime 2018/08/19 00:38
Latitude -25.66 ° ± 9 km
Longitude 27.44 ° ± 14 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
Johannesburg  81 2.026469e+06
Pretoria  79 1.619438e+06
Benoni  104 605344
Vereeniging  121 474681
Gaborone  191 208411
Springs  120 186394
Klerksdorp  158 178921
Middelburg  204 154706
Rustenburg  20 124064
Potchefstroom  120 123669
Brits  34 122497
Kroonstad  222 103992
Bethal  220 101919
Mmabatho  185 76754
Lobatse  184 30883

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 3.11
Azimuthal gap 102.03 °
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 00:40:08.52 -0.82 219.24 8.87 Automatic
G CCD P 00:48:51.70 -1.6 163.84 66.74 Automatic
IU KEV P 00:51:17.47 -6.47 359.85 95.42 Automatic
IU HNR PKP 00:56:56.69 0.61 120.97 121.99 Automatic
IU CCM PKP 00:57:09.14 2.98 299.57 127.42 Automatic
II MSVF PKP 00:57:07.22 -0.69 143.61 128.02 Automatic
IU HKT PKP 00:57:15.72 4.28 288.64 130.15 Automatic
IU BILL PKP 00:57:16.97 3.9 18.94 130.99 Automatic
II FFC PKP 00:57:18.2 0.8 322.29 133.17 Automatic
IU RSSD PKP 00:57:19.97 -4.29 308.09 136.89 Automatic
IU ANMO PKP 00:57:28.94 -0.17 294.58 139.5 Automatic
IU COLA PKP 00:57:28.74 -2.65 356.85 140.67 Automatic
IU TUC PKP 00:57:33.2 -2.67 290.35 143.09 Automatic
II PFO PKP 00:57:46.97 3.02 292.92 147.8 Automatic
II KDAK PKP 00:57:47.97 3.78 0.03 147.88 Automatic