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Type Event
Magnitude 6.1 mb
Local datetime 2025/07/30 01:45
Universal datetime 2025/07/29 23:45
Latitude -56.53 ° ± 54 km
Longitude 3.54 ° ± 32 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  2758 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  3018 967677
Uitenhage  3030 228912
Paarl  2797 187865
George  2894 174582
Worcester  2819 127597
Grahamstown  3123 91548
Oudtshoorn  2921 76708
Saldanha  2837 68284
Knysna  2908 63106
Beaufort West  3061 44737
Hermanus  2732 25153
Port Alfred  3109 17959
Bredasdorp  2747 14936
Swellendam  2813 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.24
Azimuthal gap 173.39 °
Number of stations used 8
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II UOSS P 23:58:30.52 -1.23 46.2 92.78 Automatic
IU ANMO PKP 00:04:25.19 -3.83 276.09 129.23 Automatic
IU TUC PKP 00:04:26.74 -3.1 270.33 129.63 Automatic
IU SFJD PKP 00:04:31.87 1.77 335.61 129.91 Automatic
II PFO PKP 00:04:40.9 2.4 266.67 133.74 Automatic
IU RSSD PKP 00:04:40.4 1.11 286.53 134.45 Automatic
II FFC PKP 00:04:50.84 1.51 300.01 140.01 Automatic
IU PET PKP 00:05:28.24 1.38 93.28 165.31 Automatic