This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1996/09/17 22:04 |
| Universal datetime | 1996/09/17 20:04 |
| Latitude | 46.89 ° ± 4 km |
| Longitude | -1.93 ° ± 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 |
|---|---|---|
Challans 
|
9 | 20622 |
| Pornic
|
27 | 15018 |
| Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez
|
16 | 11169 |
| Aizenay
|
29 | 9510 |
| Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
|
28 | 8921 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts
|
13 | 8634 |
| Le Poiré-sur-Vie
|
35 | 8509 |
| Bouaye
|
35 | 7844 |
| Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie
|
22 | 7655 |
| Machecoul-Saint-Même
|
15 | 7473 |
| Sainte-Pazanne
|
23 | 6774 |
| Chaumes-en-Retz
|
29 | 6759 |
| La Montagne
|
38 | 6231 |
| Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau
|
37 | 5827 |
| La Chevrolière
|
34 | 5589 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 1 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 8 |
| 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 | MFF | Pg | 20:05:04.40 | 1.04 | 103 | 1.26 | Manual |
| RD | MFF | Sg | 20:05:19.50 | -1.36 | 103 | 1.26 | Manual |
| RD | LPF | Pg | 20:05:04.80 | 0.85 | 27 | 1.29 | Manual |
| RD | LPF | Sg | 20:05:22.10 | 0.23 | 27 | 1.29 | Manual |
| RD | QUIF | Pg | 20:05:04.80 | 0.13 | 321 | 1.33 | Manual |
| RD | QUIF | Sg | 20:05:22.60 | -0.53 | 321 | 1.33 | Manual |
| RD | SGMF | Pg | 20:05:06.90 | 0.33 | 343 | 1.43 | Manual |
| RD | SGMF | Sg | 20:05:25.80 | -0.64 | 343 | 1.43 | Manual |