This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.4 MLv
Local datetime 1996/08/03 20:21
Universal datetime 1996/08/03 18:21
Latitude 46.44 ° ± 3 km
Longitude -3.17 ° ± 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
Saint-Nazaire  117 69993
Les Sables-d'Olonne  108 44017
Challans  111 20622
La Baule-Escoublac  113 16132
Guérande  115 15873
Pornic  114 15018
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins  119 13802
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez  98 11169
Pornichet  112 10669
Saint-Jean-de-Monts  95 8634
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  119 7657
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie  100 7655
Machecoul-Saint-Même  121 7473
Saint-André-des-Eaux  118 6473
Les Achards  117 5063

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 25
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD QUIF Pg 18:22:01.30 0.15 0 1.48 Manual
RD QUIF Sg 18:22:22.60 0.94 0 1.48 Manual
FR LCHF Pn 18:22:01.29 -0.84 81 1.68 Manual
FR LCHF Pg 18:22:05.28 0.2 81 1.68 Manual
FR LCHF Sg 18:22:28.77 0.3 81 1.68 Manual
RD SGMF Pn 18:22:04.0 -0.52 13 1.86 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 18:22:08.89 0.47 13 1.86 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 18:22:33.80 -0.43 13 1.86 Manual
RD ROSF Pn 18:22:05.60 0.58 358 1.9 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 18:22:09.30 0.17 358 1.9 Manual
RD ROSF Sg 18:22:34.50 -0.93 358 1.9 Manual