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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2019/12/28 17:36
Universal datetime 2019/12/28 15:36
Latitude -44.58 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 37.27 ° ± 8 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
Durban  1725 3.120282e+06
Port Elizabeth  1547 967677
Pietermaritzburg  1769 750845
Uitenhage  1577 228912
George  1736 174582
Bhisho  1556 137287
Queenstown  1673 105309
Grahamstown  1559 91548
Umtata  1622 78663
Knysna  1692 63106
Graaff Reinet  1755 62896
Port Shepstone  1651 52793
Cradock  1707 32898
Port Alfred  1512 17959
Port St. Johns  1589 5939

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.53
Azimuthal gap 128.12 °
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 18

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 15:40:46.87 1.55 308.02 17.68 Automatic
GE VOI P 15:41:52.5 0.26 22.07 23.86 Automatic
II ABPO P 15:42:20.32 1.09 21.19 26.88 Automatic
IU TSUM P 15:42:48.7 -1.08 320.79 30.21 Automatic
IU LSZ P 15:42:48.7 -1.44 342.43 30.3 Automatic
II MBAR P 15:44:49.54 1.8 350.63 44.36 Automatic
IU QSPA P 15:44:57.42 -1.2 179.9 45.44 Automatic
G CCD P 15:45:05.80 0.38 159.22 46.29 Automatic
IU SBA P 15:46:03.79 1.28 168.38 53.78 Automatic
G DRV P 15:46:06.70 -0.29 151.62 54.38 Automatic
II RAYN P 15:47:38.97 -0.29 8.11 68.52 Automatic
II UOSS P 15:47:57.47 -1.1 18.06 71.65 Automatic
II WRAB P 15:48:52.89 -1.78 109.17 80.98 Automatic
II KAPI P 15:48:59.27 4.46 88.3 81.13 Automatic
IU CHTO P 15:49:09.92 -1.72 56.81 84.63 Automatic
II NIL P 15:49:10.32 -1.12 29.42 84.8 Automatic
II KIV P 15:49:29.62 -0.26 3.9 88.67 Automatic
II AAK P 15:49:51.27 -0.55 26.47 93.34 Automatic