This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1996/05/20 21:15
Universal datetime 1996/05/20 19:15
Latitude 46.39 ° ± 2 km
Longitude 7.54 ° ± 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
Bern  59 121631
Lausanne  70 116751
Thonon-les-Bains  81 34756
Aosta  75 34062
Fribourg  55 32827
Neuchâtel  83 31270
Sion  22 28045
Cluses  83 17059
Passy  79 10902
Sarnen  78 9410
Évian-les-Bains  73 9098
Scionzier  86 8683
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc  70 8611
Publier  77 7148
Thyez  84 6198

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 14

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD CABF Pg 19:15:22.70 0.24 283 1.03 Manual
RD CABF Sg 19:15:36.0 -0.81 283 1.03 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 19:15:25.10 1.68 333 1.08 Manual
FR LOMF Sg 19:15:39.66 1.18 333 1.08 Manual
FR MOF Pn 19:15:29.47 0.29 349 1.49 Manual
FR MOF Pg 19:15:31.56 0.46 349 1.49 Manual
FR MOF Sg 19:15:51.49 -0.33 349 1.49 Manual
RD HINF Pn 19:15:29.50 0.13 342 1.5 Manual
RD HINF Sg 19:15:51.0 -1.28 342 1.5 Manual
FR FEL Pn 19:15:29.13 -0.48 12 1.52 Manual
FR FEL Pg 19:15:31.60 -0.11 12 1.52 Manual
FR FEL Sg 19:15:51.74 -1.12 12 1.52 Manual
RD MBDF Pn 19:15:34.20 1.52 198 1.75 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 19:15:58.90 -1.35 198 1.75 Manual