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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2020/08/28 04:24
Universal datetime 2020/08/28 02:24
Latitude -54.89 ° ± 5 km
Longitude 1.12 ° ± 13 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  2691 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  3002 967677
Uitenhage  3011 228912
Paarl  2734 187865
George  2856 174582
Worcester  2759 127597
Oudtshoorn  2880 76708
Saldanha  2764 68284
Knysna  2874 63106
Beaufort West  3018 44737
Hermanus  2673 25153
Port Alfred  3099 17959
Bredasdorp  2694 14936
Swellendam  2762 13674
Springbok  3106 10438

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1
Azimuthal gap 107.18 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 12

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II SUR P 02:29:57.37 -0.42 39.73 26.44 Automatic
IU QSPA P 02:31:14.62 -1.03 179.93 35.17 Automatic
IU TSUM P 02:31:35.37 -1.46 25.88 37.82 Automatic
G CCD P 02:32:33.100 -0.45 161.96 44.62 Automatic
IU LSZ P 02:32:32.87 -1.27 38.54 44.8 Automatic
IU SBA P 02:32:53.19 0.14 175.9 46.97 Automatic
IU CASY P 02:32:59.52 0.11 149.18 47.78 Automatic
G DRV P 02:33:51.40 0.7 161.36 54.59 Automatic
II MBAR P 02:34:23.57 1.04 35.03 59.43 Automatic
GE KIBK P 02:34:30.17 0.37 43.62 60.46 Automatic
IU OTAV P 02:36:52.37 -0.01 278.7 84.22 Automatic
II RAYN P 02:37:07.49 2.28 39.95 87.11 Automatic