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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2019/03/06 05:11
Universal datetime 2019/03/06 05:11
Latitude -55.51 ° ± 6 km
Longitude -1.67 ° ± 9 km
Depth 5 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  2857 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  3183 967677
Uitenhage  3192 228912
Paarl  2901 187865
George  3032 174582
Worcester  2927 127597
Oudtshoorn  3055 76708
Saldanha  2927 68284
Knysna  3052 63106
Beaufort West  3192 44737
Hermanus  2842 25153
Port Alfred  3282 17959
Bredasdorp  2866 14936
Swellendam  2933 13674
Springbok  3263 10438

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.35
Azimuthal gap 108.49 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU QSPA P 05:17:53.52 -0.06 179.93 34.55 Automatic
IU TSUM P 05:18:29.27 -1.73 29.59 39.11 Automatic
G CCD P 05:19:17.5 0.14 162.52 44.51 Automatic
IU LSZ P 05:19:27.7 -2.3 41.64 46.3 Automatic
GE VOI P 05:19:53.20 3.19 66.93 48.87 Automatic
II MBAR P 05:21:16.7 0.26 37.85 60.88 Automatic
GE KIBK P 05:21:23.92 0.14 46.3 62.02 Automatic
IU KMBO P 05:21:30.67 1.55 44.92 62.83 Automatic
II NNA P 05:22:27.67 0.73 275.36 71.76 Automatic
IU NWAO P 05:22:59.82 -0.89 131.16 77.4 Automatic
IU OTAV P 05:23:28.22 0.08 281.09 82.76 Automatic
II RAYN P 05:23:55.94 0.11 42.28 88.63 Automatic
IU MBWA P 05:23:57.62 -1.24 127.23 88.72 Automatic