This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1996/10/29 04:08
Universal datetime 1996/10/29 03:08
Latitude 46.41 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -0.97 ° ± 2 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
La Rochelle  32 75735
Niort  40 58707
La Roche-sur-Yon  44 54372
Fontenay-le-Comte  15 13226
Luçon  16 9540
Aytré  33 8725
Périgny  29 8428
Chantonnay  29 8318
Lagord  29 7048
Surgères  38 6807
Puilboreau  27 6182
Châtelaillon-Plage  39 5846
Nieul-sur-Mer  27 5759
Pouzauges  43 5514
Dompierre-sur-Mer  26 5482

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 28
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR LRYF Pg 03:08:51.17 0.71 293 0.43 Manual
FR LRYF Sg 03:08:56.4 -0.57 293 0.43 Manual
FR OLEF Pg 03:08:53.44 1.13 209 0.54 Manual
FR OLEF Sg 03:08:58.75 -1.08 209 0.54 Manual
RD MFF Pg 03:08:54.60 1.07 71 0.6 Manual
RD MFF Sg 03:09:02.0 0.03 71 0.6 Manual
RD LPF Pg 03:09:13.10 0.45 358 1.62 Manual
RD LPF Sg 03:09:34.30 -0.87 358 1.62 Manual
RD LSF Pg 03:09:15.20 0.3 94 1.74 Manual
RD LSF Sg 03:09:37.90 -1.15 94 1.74 Manual