This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.1 MLv
Local datetime 1987/08/16 05:07
Universal datetime 1987/08/16 03:07
Latitude 45.95 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -1.66 ° ± 4 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  44 75735
Rochefort  53 24151
Royan  61 18398
Aytré  47 8725
Périgny  50 8428
Tonnay-Charente  61 8010
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  59 7657
Saujon  64 7165
Lagord  47 7048
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron  28 6743
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  47 6252
Puilboreau  50 6182
Châtelaillon-Plage  47 5846
Nieul-sur-Mer  48 5759
Dompierre-sur-Mer  53 5482

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 18
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 Pn 03:07:59.0 -0.13 58 1.24 Manual
RD MFF Pg 03:08:00.50 0.76 58 1.24 Manual
RD MFF Sg 03:08:17.0 0.06 58 1.24 Manual
RD LFF Pg 03:08:13.70 0.09 120 1.97 Manual
RD LFF Sg 03:08:40.50 -0.42 120 1.97 Manual
RD LPF Pg 03:08:15.70 -0.8 11 2.12 Manual
RD LSF Pn 03:08:13.20 0.43 81 2.24 Manual
RD LSF Pg 03:08:19.0 0.32 81 2.24 Manual
RD LSF Sg 03:08:49.40 -0.3 81 2.24 Manual