This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.1 MLv
Local datetime 1996/08/02 22:53
Universal datetime 1996/08/02 20:53
Latitude 47.55 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 0.49 ° ± 6 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
Tours  23 135787
Joué-lès-Tours  27 37893
Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire  19 15960
Saint-Pierre-des-Corps  26 15838
Saint-Avertin  28 15025
Chambray-lès-Tours  30 11578
Montlouis-sur-Loire  32 10666
La Riche  22 10448
Fondettes  18 10307
Ballan-Miré  25 7975
Montval-sur-Loir  17 6124
Noyant-Villages  29 5633
La Ville-aux-Dames  28 5487
Luynes  16 5097
Château-Renault  32 5001

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 20
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 20:53:30.10 0.49 205 1.05 Manual
RD MFF Sg 20:53:43.50 -0.71 205 1.05 Manual
RD LDF Pg 20:53:31.0 0.05 339 1.12 Manual
RD LDF Sg 20:53:46.0 -0.53 339 1.12 Manual
RD LPF Pg 20:53:32.9 0.78 295 1.14 Manual
RD LPF Sg 20:53:47.40 0.24 295 1.14 Manual
RD GRR Pn 20:53:32.40 -0.09 313 1.23 Manual
RD GRR Pg 20:53:33.40 0.32 313 1.23 Manual
RD GRR Sg 20:53:49.80 -0.44 313 1.23 Manual