This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1980/08/21 06:27
Universal datetime 1980/08/21 04:27
Latitude 46.01 ° ± 3 km
Longitude -1.81 ° ± 9 km
Depth 5 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
La Rochelle  52 75735
Les Sables-d'Olonne  57 44017
Rochefort  65 24151
Luçon  70 9540
Aytré  56 8725
Périgny  58 8428
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  54 7657
Lagord  54 7048
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron  40 6743
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  60 6252
Puilboreau  57 6182
Châtelaillon-Plage  57 5846
Nieul-sur-Mer  54 5759
Dompierre-sur-Mer  61 5482
Les Achards  66 5063

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.3
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 04:27:27.0 1.13 62 1.29 Manual
RD MFF Sg 04:27:46.40 2.55 62 1.29 Manual
RD LPF Pg 04:27:41.0 0.17 14 2.08 Manual
RD LPF Sg 04:28:08.20 -1.53 14 2.08 Manual
RD LFF Pg 04:27:41.70 0.78 120 2.09 Manual
RD LFF Sg 04:28:10.30 0.43 120 2.09 Manual
RD LSF Sg 04:28:16.50 -1.26 83 2.33 Manual
RD RJF Pg 04:27:47.0 -0.43 106 2.44 Manual
RD RJF Sg 04:28:19.40 -1.76 106 2.44 Manual