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Type Event
Magnitude 5.2 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/10 01:42
Universal datetime 2020/08/09 23:42
Latitude -53.01 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 12.38 ° ± 10 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
Cape Town  2176 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2362 967677
Uitenhage  2376 228912
Paarl  2209 187865
George  2264 174582
Worcester  2225 127597
Grahamstown  2464 91548
Oudtshoorn  2296 76708
Saldanha  2266 68284
Knysna  2272 63106
Beaufort West  2437 44737
Hermanus  2137 25153
Port Alfred  2446 17959
Bredasdorp  2141 14936
Swellendam  2205 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.19
Azimuthal gap 107.3 °
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 23:47:23.47 -1.46 19.75 21.51 Automatic
IU TSUM P 23:49:18.7 -1.63 8.81 34.05 Automatic
IU QSPA P 23:49:44.67 -2.17 179.91 37.03 Automatic
IU LSZ P 23:50:07.32 -0.73 24.27 39.75 Automatic
G CCD P 23:50:46.90 0.49 159.86 44.22 Automatic
IU CASY P 23:51:00.57 1.35 146.27 45.82 Automatic
IU SBA P 23:51:17.82 0.06 172.99 48.19 Automatic
G DRV P 23:52:00.65 -0.89 157.18 53.99 Automatic
II MBAR P 23:52:05.19 1.91 22.74 54.6 Automatic
GE KIBK P 23:52:07.42 1.56 31.93 54.92 Automatic
II NNA P 23:54:46.82 0.76 263.34 79.98 Automatic
II RAYN P 23:54:53.52 0.29 30.42 81.77 Automatic
II UOSS P 23:55:18.57 -0.1 38.97 86.75 Automatic
IU OTAV P 23:55:39.57 0.56 269.48 90.69 Automatic