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Type Event
Magnitude 5 mb
Local datetime 2023/05/29 23:52
Universal datetime 2023/05/29 21:52
Latitude -52.82 ° ± 7 km
Longitude 10.78 ° ± 11 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  2187 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  2403 967677
Uitenhage  2416 228912
Paarl  2222 187865
George  2293 174582
Worcester  2240 127597
Grahamstown  2507 91548
Oudtshoorn  2323 76708
Saldanha  2274 68284
Knysna  2304 63106
Beaufort West  2464 44737
Hermanus  2153 25153
Port Alfred  2491 17959
Bredasdorp  2161 14936
Swellendam  2225 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.94
Azimuthal gap 126.43 °
Number of stations used 13
Number of phases used 13

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
IU TSUM P 21:58:51.82 -0.99 11.54 34.03 Automatic
IU PMSA P 21:59:31.27 2.96 221.94 37.99 Automatic
IU LSZ P 21:59:41.32 -2.03 26.69 39.99 Automatic
GE VOI P 21:59:54.60 0.59 55.67 41.2 Automatic
II ABPO P 22:00:20.44 3.68 53.94 44.01 Automatic
IU SBA P 22:00:51.19 -2.23 173.43 48.49 Automatic
GE KIBK P 22:01:42.17 0.39 33.84 55.28 Automatic
IU KMBO P 22:01:50.32 2.14 32.44 56.18 Automatic
II COCO P 22:04:09.24 1.09 94.34 77.95 Automatic
IU MBWA P 22:04:39.12 -1.79 117.52 84 Automatic
II UOSS P 22:04:51.92 -2.33 40.29 87.22 Automatic
IU PAB P 22:05:20.72 -1.14 348.37 93.29 Automatic
IU CHTO P 22:06:10.44 -0.33 76.97 103.81 Automatic