This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1991/07/17 17:55
Universal datetime 1991/07/17 15:55
Latitude 46.05 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -0.18 ° ± 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
Niort  38 58707
Angoulême  51 41740
Saintes  50 25470
Cognac  41 18825
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente  47 7274
Ruelle-sur-Touvre  52 7201
Chauray  37 7006
Saint-Maixent-l'École  40 6982
Saint-Jean-d'Angély  29 6976
Surgères  45 6807
Melle  19 6213
Gond-Pontouvre  49 6010
La Crèche  36 5635
Aiffres  32 5506
Champniers  47 5151

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 15:55:28.60 0.51 2 0.55 Manual
RD MFF Sg 15:55:35.9 -0.77 2 0.55 Manual
RD LSF Pn 15:55:40.9 0.29 80 1.2 Manual
RD LSF Pg 15:55:41.10 0.85 80 1.2 Manual
RD LSF Sg 15:55:56.70 -0.32 80 1.2 Manual
RD LFF Pn 15:55:40.80 -0.1 149 1.28 Manual
RD LFF Pg 15:55:41.80 0.03 149 1.28 Manual
RD LFF Sg 15:55:59.20 -0.45 149 1.28 Manual