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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2020/04/09 23:26
Universal datetime 2020/04/09 17:26
Latitude -5.26 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 68.74 ° ± 3 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
Thiruvananthapuram  1773 784153
Kochi  1882 604696
Tirunelveli  1838 435844
Kollam  1791 394163
Colombo  1828 217000
Nagercoil  1772 213858
Moratuwa  1817 185031
Alappuzha  1838 176783
Rajapalaiyam  1896 124168
Sri Jawewardenepura Kotte  1832 115826
Kandy  1918 111701
Galle  1786 93118
Ratnapura  1849 47832
Victoria  1476 22881
Kavaratti  1802 10688

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.01
Azimuthal gap 54.95 °
Number of stations used 34
Number of phases used 34

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II DGAR P 17:27:30.92 -2.13 120.49 4.27 Automatic
II MSEY P 17:29:38.12 2.03 271.95 13.23 Automatic
II PALK P 17:30:31.29 2.11 43.71 17.3 Automatic
II ABPO P 17:31:53.7 0.43 234.88 25.08 Automatic
GE KIBK P 17:32:43.52 -0.48 274.23 30.76 Automatic
II UOSS P 17:32:57.92 -0.28 338.55 32.57 Automatic
II RAYN P 17:33:33.52 -0.2 322.68 36.64 Automatic
II MBAR P 17:33:48.52 0.05 275.73 38.23 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:33:47.89 -0.07 50.24 38.27 Automatic
II NIL P 17:33:54.27 0.21 5.97 39.14 Automatic
IU LSZ P 17:34:10.77 -1.25 252.71 41.06 Automatic
II AAK P 17:35:07.52 0.8 5.68 48.18 Automatic
IU GNI P 17:35:25.32 0.62 336.23 50.49 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:35:28.49 -0.49 92.19 50.79 Automatic
IU TSUM P 17:35:35.32 -0.27 249.62 51.69 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:35:37.94 1.18 112.87 51.85 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:35:44.82 -1.11 11.26 53.37 Automatic
II KIV P 17:35:55.22 0.59 337.15 54.52 Automatic
II KURK P 17:36:08.42 -1 7.47 56.62 Automatic
IU DAV P 17:36:22.59 0.91 78.28 58.04 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:36:52.92 -0.04 27.86 62.86 Automatic
II TLY P 17:37:03.22 1.17 23.2 64.25 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:37:10.64 -0.22 109.54 65.31 Automatic
IU KIEV P 17:37:07.82 -2.14 333.7 65.44 Automatic
II BFO P 17:38:08.22 -0.99 323.24 75.02 Automatic
G CCD P 17:38:17.70 1.11 167.55 76.29 Automatic
IU CTAO P 17:38:19.49 0.57 109.43 76.48 Automatic
IU PMG P 17:38:27.27 1.15 98.51 77.75 Automatic
IU KONO P 17:38:35.47 0.33 333.84 79.69 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:38:44.17 -1.25 24.48 81.61 Automatic
IU YSS P 17:38:53.45 -0.26 41.37 83.1 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:39:02.27 0.27 179.93 84.72 Automatic
IU TIXI P 17:39:06.62 -1.3 15.89 86.03 Automatic
IU MA2 P 17:39:29.67 -0.05 30.1 90.52 Automatic