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Type Event
Magnitude 5.3 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/07 01:36
Universal datetime 2020/08/06 23:36
Latitude -41.79 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 42.56 ° ± 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
Durban  1684 3.120282e+06
Port Elizabeth  1722 967677
Pietermaritzburg  1740 750845
Uitenhage  1751 228912
Bhisho  1665 137287
Queenstown  1773 105309
Grahamstown  1698 91548
Umtata  1669 78663
Port Shepstone  1637 52793
Cradock  1841 32898
Qacha's Nek  1796 25573
Moyeni  1834 24130
Ulundi  1803 20753
Port Alfred  1651 17959
Port St. Johns  1617 5939

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.74
Azimuthal gap 111.63 °
Number of stations used 22
Number of phases used 22

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
G CRZF P 23:38:42.95 -3.28 127.97 8.12 Automatic
II SUR P 23:41:18.57 1.21 291.54 19.66 Automatic
GE VOI P 23:41:19.45 -1.55 11.27 20.07 Automatic
II ABPO P 23:41:51.87 -1.69 11.31 23.12 Automatic
G RER P 23:42:00.35 3.48 32.34 23.42 Automatic
IU LSZ P 23:42:46.87 -2.94 330.68 29.27 Automatic
IU TSUM P 23:43:03.87 -1.41 309.21 30.97 Automatic
GE KIBK P 23:44:18.32 -0.22 352.92 39.64 Automatic
II MBAR P 23:44:42.12 -0.34 342.37 42.55 Automatic
IU CASY P 23:44:55.57 1.32 147.35 43.73 Automatic
G CCD P 23:45:25.5 0.5 159.89 47.56 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:45:29.47 -0.19 179.91 48.22 Automatic
G DRV P 23:46:19.75 -0.88 151.35 54.99 Automatic
IU SBA P 23:46:27.22 1.43 167.84 55.72 Automatic
II RAYN P 23:47:27.67 -0.77 2.97 65.37 Automatic
II UOSS P 23:47:44.57 -0.22 13.35 67.92 Automatic
II NIL P 23:49:01.7 2.54 25.53 80.54 Automatic
IU GNI P 23:49:09.12 3.42 1.69 81.96 Automatic
II KIV P 23:49:24.97 -0.03 0.09 85.75 Automatic
II AAK P 23:49:42.97 1.08 22.9 89.2 Automatic
IU KIEV P 23:49:59.82 -0.45 351.59 93.22 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 23:50:08.84 -1 25.88 95.26 Automatic