This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.7 MLv
Local datetime 1996/08/15 15:54
Universal datetime 1996/08/15 13:54
Latitude 47.48 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 8.95 ° ± 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
Zürich  32 341730
Saint Gallen  32 70572
Luzern  70 57066
Schaffhausen  35 33863
Bregenz  62 26928
Zug  48 23435
Frauenfeld  15 21979
Aarau  70 15501
Herisau  27 15438
Schwyz  56 14177
Altdorf  71 8678
Stans  73 7475
Glarus  49 5681
Appenzell  39 5649
Vaduz  58 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR BBS Pg 13:54:30.69 -0.61 270 0.98 Manual
FR BBS Sg 13:54:44.0 -0.92 270 0.98 Manual
FR MOF Pg 13:54:36.31 -0.74 288 1.28 Manual
FR ECH Pg 13:54:39.88 0.36 302 1.41 Manual
FR WLS Pg 13:54:39.52 -0.19 312 1.42 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 13:54:40.80 0.71 266 1.45 Manual
RD CDF Pg 13:54:40.20 -0.23 310 1.46 Manual
RD HINF Pg 13:54:40.80 0.49 284 1.46 Manual
RD CDF Sg 13:55:00.50 -0.28 310 1.46 Manual
RD HINF Sg 13:55:00.80 0.23 284 1.46 Manual
RD BSF Pg 13:54:41.50 0.38 285 1.5 Manual
RD BSF Sg 13:55:02.80 0.82 285 1.5 Manual