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Type Event
Magnitude 5.7 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/12 20:13
Universal datetime 2020/08/12 17:13
Latitude -7.42 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 39.74 ° ± 4 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
Dar es Salaam  87 2.698652e+06
Zanzibar  152 403658
Morogoro  240 250902
Tanga  270 224876
Mtwara  319 96602
Kilosa  311 91889
Bagamoyo  144 82426
Ifakara  347 49528
Lindi  285 41912
Kibiti  94 30163
Wete  261 26450
Kibaha  117 23651
Chake Chake  241 21686
Mikumi  305 16780
Kilindoni  56 12409

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.83
Azimuthal gap 67.71 °
Number of stations used 39
Number of phases used 39

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
GE KIBK P 17:14:31.72 -2.15 341.41 5.34 Automatic
KA SBC P 17:14:32.100 -3.12 140.64 5.49 Automatic
KA CAB P 17:14:34.15 -3.42 140.93 5.6 Automatic
II MBAR P 17:15:50.94 -4.51 306.81 11.27 Automatic
GE SBV P 17:15:59.10 -2.07 121.95 11.68 Automatic
II ABPO P 17:16:25.7 -2.95 148.64 13.69 Automatic
IU LSZ P 17:16:28.57 -1.15 234.23 13.78 Automatic
II MSEY P 17:16:57.77 -0.57 80.94 15.88 Automatic
GE VOI P 17:16:58.30 -1.47 156.06 16.07 Automatic
G RER P 17:17:58.65 4.31 133.33 20.68 Automatic
IU TSUM P 17:18:35.67 1.49 239.1 24.53 Automatic
II SUR P 17:19:30.2 2.66 212.64 30.54 Automatic
II RAYN P 17:19:35.24 0.61 10.16 31.45 Automatic
II UOSS P 17:20:15.47 0.15 25.84 36.12 Automatic
II PALK P 17:21:19.62 2.2 71.13 43.41 Automatic
IU GNI P 17:21:51.82 1.74 5.16 47.79 Automatic
II KIV P 17:22:18.32 0.4 2.71 51.44 Automatic
II NIL P 17:22:22.67 0.31 35.73 51.93 Automatic
IU KIEV P 17:23:10.47 -0.92 352.23 58.83 Automatic
II AAK P 17:23:14.62 0.09 29.22 59.21 Automatic
II BFO P 17:23:35.7 0.19 336.94 62.22 Automatic
II OBN P 17:23:36.67 -0.39 357.95 62.59 Automatic
IU CHTO P 17:23:47.49 -0.56 64.81 63.96 Automatic
IU MAKZ P 17:23:58.27 -1.11 30.26 65.9 Automatic
II KURK P 17:24:05.97 -1.1 25.55 67.12 Automatic
IU KONO P 17:24:31.97 -0.43 344.45 71.23 Automatic
II ESK P 17:24:39.57 1.49 335.96 72.13 Automatic
II LVZ P 17:24:57.22 0.19 358.02 75.41 Automatic
IU NWAO P 17:25:02.42 2.83 122.18 75.5 Automatic
IU KEV P 17:25:10.32 0.37 355.52 77.67 Automatic
IU MBWA P 17:25:15.57 1.46 110.15 78.03 Automatic
II KAPI P 17:25:21.84 -0.26 93.75 79.47 Automatic
II TLY P 17:25:25.72 0.92 34.4 80.26 Automatic
IU ULN P 17:25:27.82 0.27 38.84 80.74 Automatic
G CCD P 17:25:32.80 2.57 165.02 81.18 Automatic
IU QSPA P 17:25:39.2 1.36 179.93 82.6 Automatic
G DRV P 17:26:03.15 2 157.03 87.21 Automatic
II WRAB P 17:26:22.97 -0.38 110.37 91.78 Automatic
IU YAK P 17:26:42.57 -1.06 28.17 96.52 Automatic