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Type Event
Magnitude 5.1 mb
Local datetime 2025/10/29 06:16
Universal datetime 2025/10/29 06:16
Latitude -47.24 ° ± 8 km
Longitude -12.37 ° ± 6 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  2970 3.433441e+06
Paarl  3023 187865
George  3259 174582
Worcester  3062 127597
Oudtshoorn  3265 76708
Saldanha  2998 68284
Knysna  3297 63106
Beaufort West  3378 44737
Hermanus  2993 25153
Lüderitz  3319 15137
Bredasdorp  3043 14936
Swellendam  3107 13674
Springbok  3249 10438
Oranjemund  3241 8496
Karasburg  3438 6054

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status
RMS 1.46
Azimuthal gap 120.14 °
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
II HOPE P 06:20:44.67 1.51 236.13 16.7 Automatic
IU TRQA P 06:23:57.34 -1.31 265.8 36.97 Automatic
IU LSZ P 06:25:12.92 -1.13 60.2 46.28 Automatic
G CCD P 06:26:16.85 1.26 167.21 54.22 Automatic
IU SBA P 06:26:19.84 -0.78 179.77 54.91 Automatic
GE KIBK P 06:27:13.82 2.4 60.28 62.45 Automatic
II NNA P 06:27:23.39 1.08 280.8 63.98 Automatic
G DRV P 06:27:22.90 -1.82 168.22 64.16 Automatic
IU SDV P 06:28:34.82 -1.2 300.06 76.15 Automatic