This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 1.8 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1996/08/15 02:31 |
| Universal datetime | 1996/08/15 00:31 |
| Latitude | 47.75 ° ± 4 km |
| Longitude | 8.62 ° ± 6 km |
| Depth | 5 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km |
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Testify !Near cities
This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
| Name | Distance (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|
Zürich 
|
41 | 341730 |
Freiburg 
|
63 | 215966 |
| Basel
|
80 | 164488 |
| Saint Gallen
|
67 | 70572 |
| Luzern
|
82 | 57066 |
| Schaffhausen
|
5 | 33863 |
| Zug
|
64 | 23435 |
| Frauenfeld
|
42 | 21979 |
Saint-Louis 
|
83 | 21177 |
| Aarau
|
60 | 15501 |
| Herisau
|
64 | 15438 |
| Schwyz
|
81 | 14177 |
| Liestal
|
73 | 12832 |
| Huningue
|
80 | 7238 |
| Appenzell
|
76 | 5649 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 0.6 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 5 |
| Number of phases used | 8 |
Webservices
The data of this event are available in various formats (QuakeML, GeoJSON and text) through the following links :
Phases
| Network | Station | Phase | Time | Residual (s) | Azimuth (°) | Distance (°) | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD | CDF | Pg | 00:31:57.70 | 0.05 | 307 | 1.12 | Manual |
| RD | CDF | Sg | 00:32:13.20 | -0.03 | 307 | 1.12 | Manual |
| RD | HINF | Pg | 00:31:58.90 | -0.15 | 274 | 1.19 | Manual |
| RD | HINF | Sg | 00:32:15.10 | -0.55 | 274 | 1.19 | Manual |
| RD | BSF | Pg | 00:32:00.0 | 0.17 | 275 | 1.23 | Manual |
| RD | BSF | Sg | 00:32:17.60 | 0.59 | 275 | 1.23 | Manual |
| RD | HAU | Pg | 00:32:05.70 | -0.05 | 280 | 1.55 | Manual |
| RD | HAU | Sg | 00:32:27.30 | 0.02 | 280 | 1.55 | Manual |