This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.6 MLv
Local datetime 1989/04/17 22:15
Universal datetime 1989/04/17 20:15
Latitude 46.26 ° ± 3 km
Longitude -0.80 ° ± 8 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  31 75735
Niort  27 58707
Fontenay-le-Comte  22 13226
Luçon  35 9540
Aytré  28 8725
Périgny  25 8428
Tonnay-Charente  33 8010
Lagord  28 7048
Chauray  34 7006
Surgères  18 6807
Puilboreau  26 6182
Châtelaillon-Plage  30 5846
Nieul-sur-Mer  29 5759
Aiffres  30 5506
Dompierre-sur-Mer  22 5482

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.2
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 20:15:12.90 1.91 52 0.57 Manual
RD LSF Pg 20:15:31.70 1.09 89 1.62 Manual
RD LSF Sg 20:15:52.70 -0.35 89 1.62 Manual
RD LFF Sg 20:15:56.60 0.63 140 1.71 Manual
RD LPF Sg 20:15:56.90 -1.58 355 1.78 Manual
RD RJF Sg 20:16:00.20 -1.5 120 1.88 Manual
RD TCF Pn 20:15:36.30 1.87 88 2.09 Manual
RD TCF Pg 20:15:41.0 1.47 88 2.09 Manual
RD TCF Sn 20:16:01.40 -0.93 88 2.09 Manual
RD TCF Sg 20:16:08.39 -0.08 88 2.09 Manual
RD LPO Sg 20:16:07.30 -1.76 138 2.11 Manual
RD GRR Sg 20:16:09.20 -0.7 359 2.13 Manual