This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.3 MLv
Local datetime 1996/09/14 08:33
Universal datetime 1996/09/14 06:33
Latitude 46.54 ° ± 6 km
Longitude -2.79 ° ± 8 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  92 69993
Les Sables-d'Olonne  79 44017
Challans  80 20622
La Baule-Escoublac  90 16132
Guérande  92 15873
Pornic  86 15018
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins  92 13802
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez  67 11169
Pornichet  88 10669
Aizenay  92 9510
Saint-Jean-de-Monts  64 8634
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  90 7657
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie  69 7655
Machecoul-Saint-Même  90 7473
Les Achards  87 5063

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.2
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD QUIF Sg 06:34:01.0 -0.34 350 1.4 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 06:33:49.0 1.02 5 1.72 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 06:34:11.50 -0.34 5 1.72 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 06:33:50.40 0.44 350 1.82 Manual
RD ROSF Sg 06:34:13.50 -1.76 350 1.82 Manual
RD MFF Pg 06:33:49.60 -0.42 87 1.83 Manual
RD MFF Sg 06:34:13.90 -1.44 87 1.83 Manual
RD LPF Pg 06:33:53.30 1.75 38 1.91 Manual
RD LPF Sg 06:34:19.10 1.11 38 1.91 Manual