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Type Event
Magnitude 6 mb
Local datetime 2025/09/25 06:12
Universal datetime 2025/09/25 04:12
Latitude -63.08 ° ± 20 km
Longitude 5.17 ° ± 30 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  3373 3.433441e+06
Port Elizabeth  3536 967677
Uitenhage  3553 228912
Paarl  3407 187865
George  3456 174582
Worcester  3423 127597
Grahamstown  3633 91548
Oudtshoorn  3490 76708
Saldanha  3462 68284
Knysna  3462 63106
Beaufort West  3631 44737
Hermanus  3335 25153
Port Alfred  3612 17959
Bredasdorp  3339 14936
Swellendam  3402 13674

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 2.93
Azimuthal gap 128.2 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 6

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II RAYN P 04:25:25.69 2.18 36.44 92.26 Automatic
IU AFI P 04:26:14.29 -0.15 183.04 102.97 Automatic
II ESK PKP 04:30:56.27 -6.14 354.59 118.58 Automatic
IU SSPA PKP 04:31:13.7 2.63 296.56 122.63 Automatic
IU WVT PKP 04:31:12.69 1.44 285.86 123.02 Automatic
IU MAKZ PKP 04:31:15.82 0.05 54.84 125.41 Automatic