This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1996/08/17 03:44 |
| Universal datetime | 1996/08/17 01:44 |
| Latitude | 45.97 ° ± 2 km |
| Longitude | 6.08 ° ± 4 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 |
|---|---|---|
Annecy 
|
8 | 126924 |
| Rumilly
|
17 | 15379 |
| Saint-Julien-en-Genevois
|
19 | 14258 |
| La Roche-sur-Foron
|
19 | 11339 |
| Fillière
|
13 | 9255 |
| Poisy
|
6 | 8124 |
| Reignier-Ésery
|
23 | 7994 |
| Epagny Metz-Tessy
|
3 | 7824 |
| Thônes
|
21 | 6576 |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Faucigny
|
25 | 6573 |
| Entrelacs
|
24 | 6268 |
| Saint-Jorioz
|
17 | 5738 |
| Sillingy
|
5 | 5245 |
| Viry
|
17 | 5182 |
| La Balme-de-Sillingy
|
3 | 5037 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 0.9 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 19 |
| 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 | LPL | Pg | 01:44:42.30 | 0.92 | 134 | 0.64 | Manual |
| RD | LPL | Sg | 01:44:50.30 | -0.1 | 134 | 0.64 | Manual |
| RD | CABF | Pg | 01:44:42.20 | 0.78 | 1 | 0.65 | Manual |
| RD | CABF | Sg | 01:44:49.60 | -0.86 | 1 | 0.65 | Manual |
| RD | LPG | Pg | 01:44:42.20 | 0.4 | 134 | 0.67 | Manual |
| RD | LPG | Sg | 01:44:50.40 | -0.73 | 134 | 0.67 | Manual |
| RD | ORIF | Pg | 01:44:49.0 | -0.09 | 188 | 1.06 | Manual |
| RD | ORIF | Sg | 01:45:03.50 | -0.32 | 188 | 1.06 | Manual |