This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.7 MLv
Local datetime 1996/05/17 11:31
Universal datetime 1996/05/17 09:31
Latitude 47.14 ° ± 6 km
Longitude 9.32 ° ± 7 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
Zürich  64 341730
Saint Gallen  32 70572
Luzern  80 57066
Schaffhausen  82 33863
Chur  35 32429
Bregenz  54 26928
Zug  63 23435
Frauenfeld  50 21979
Herisau  27 15438
Schwyz  53 14177
Altdorf  59 8678
Stans  74 7475
Glarus  22 5681
Appenzell  23 5649
Vaduz  15 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.9
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 45
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR FEL Pn 09:31:22.15 -0.82 310 1.15 Manual
FR FEL Sg 09:31:39.22 0.05 310 1.15 Manual
FR BBS Pg 09:31:25.87 0.42 285 1.27 Manual
FR LIBD Pn 09:31:29.53 1.29 312 1.54 Manual
FR MOF Pn 09:31:28.73 -0.95 296 1.64 Manual
FR MOF Sg 09:31:55.21 -0.03 296 1.64 Manual
FR LOMF Pn 09:31:30.66 0.08 278 1.71 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 09:31:33.98 0.3 278 1.71 Manual
FR LOMF Sg 09:31:57.25 -0.17 278 1.71 Manual