This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1989/05/27 15:39
Universal datetime 1989/05/27 13:39
Latitude 45.69 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -0.87 ° ± 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
Saintes  18 25470
Rochefort  29 24151
Cognac  42 18825
Royan  13 18398
Aytré  53 8725
Périgny  55 8428
Tonnay-Charente  30 8010
Saujon  5 7165
Saint-Jean-d'Angély  39 6976
Surgères  47 6807
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron  44 6743
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  23 6252
Châtelaillon-Plage  46 5846
Lesparre-Médoc  46 5801
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne  14 5360

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 14
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 Pn 13:40:02.30 -0.67 29 1.04 Manual
RD MFF Pg 13:40:02.90 0.33 29 1.04 Manual
RD MFF Sg 13:40:17.20 0.14 29 1.04 Manual
RD LFF Pg 13:40:09.20 0.56 123 1.36 Manual
RD LFF Sg 13:40:28.30 0.71 123 1.36 Manual
RD RJF Pg 13:40:15.90 0.48 102 1.72 Manual
RD RJF Sg 13:40:39.0 -0.32 102 1.72 Manual
RD LSF Pn 13:40:13.0 0.19 71 1.76 Manual
RD LSF Pg 13:40:15.50 -0.69 71 1.76 Manual
RD LSF Sg 13:40:40.90 0.24 71 1.76 Manual
RD LPO Pg 13:40:16.20 -0.13 124 1.77 Manual
RD LPO Sg 13:40:40.0 -0.9 124 1.77 Manual