This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.7 MLv
Local datetime 1996/05/15 20:53
Universal datetime 1996/05/15 18:53
Latitude 46.71 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -1.32 ° ± 2 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 Roche-sur-Yon  8 54372
Montaigu-Vendée  29 20126
Les Herbiers  29 15958
Luçon  31 9540
Aizenay  24 9510
Essarts en Bocage  12 8931
Le Poiré-sur-Vie  16 8509
Chantonnay  22 8318
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  35 7657
Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux  16 6571
Sèvremont  38 6486
Bellevigny  11 6005
Chanverrie  37 5517
La Ferrière  2 5255
Les Achards  29 5063

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 36
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR LRYF Pg 18:54:01.98 0.06 230 0.21 Manual
FR LRYF Sg 18:54:04.51 -0.68 230 0.21 Manual
FR LCHF Pg 18:54:05.90 0.67 96 0.4 Manual
FR LCHF Sg 18:54:11.8 0.15 96 0.4 Manual
FR OLEF Pg 18:54:12.33 0.32 182 0.77 Manual
RD MFF Pg 18:54:13.10 0.18 97 0.82 Manual
RD MFF Sg 18:54:23.30 -1.03 97 0.82 Manual
RD GRR Pn 18:54:27.30 0.73 10 1.71 Manual
RD GRR Pg 18:54:30.10 0.45 10 1.71 Manual
RD GRR Sg 18:54:52.50 -0.85 10 1.71 Manual