This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.4 MLv
Local datetime 1996/08/06 23:07
Universal datetime 1996/08/06 21:07
Latitude 46.74 ° ± 3 km
Longitude -3.50 ° ± 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
Saint-Nazaire  112 69993
Lorient  113 57149
Ploemeur  110 17853
La Baule-Escoublac  107 16132
GuĂ©rande  105 15873
Auray  110 13627
Pornichet  107 10669
Saint-Jean-de-Monts  111 8634
Larmor-Plage  109 8299
Sarzeau  104 8182
Saint-AndrĂ©-des-Eaux  111 6473
Pluneret  112 5722
Riantec  110 5622
Plouhinec  108 5353
Arradon  112 5340

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 8
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD QUIF Pg 21:08:05.40 0.12 11 1.2 Manual
RD QUIF Sg 21:08:22.60 0.6 11 1.2 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 21:08:12.80 -0.11 5 1.61 Manual
RD ROSF Sg 21:08:34.20 -1.01 5 1.61 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 21:08:13.50 -0.16 23 1.65 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 21:08:37.0 0.48 23 1.65 Manual
RD MFF Pg 21:08:26.80 0.51 92 2.31 Manual
RD MFF Sg 21:08:57.90 -0.45 92 2.31 Manual