This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.9 MLv
Local datetime 1996/11/19 18:21
Universal datetime 1996/11/19 17:21
Latitude 46.35 ° ± 6 km
Longitude -3.01 ° ± 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
Saint-Nazaire  119 69993
Les Sables-d'Olonne  98 44017
Challans  105 20622
La Baule-Escoublac  116 16132
Guérande  118 15873
Pornic  113 15018
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins  119 13802
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez  91 11169
Pornichet  114 10669
Aizenay  115 9510
Saint-Jean-de-Monts  89 8634
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  107 7657
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie  92 7655
Machecoul-Saint-Même  116 7473
Les Achards  107 5063

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD QUIF Pg 17:22:19.79 0.5 356 1.57 Manual
RD QUIF Sg 17:22:41.20 0.1 356 1.57 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 17:22:26.0 -0.09 9 1.93 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 17:22:53.10 0.25 9 1.93 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 17:22:27.0 -0.33 355 1.99 Manual
RD ROSF Sg 17:22:53.60 -1.38 355 1.99 Manual
RD MFF Sg 17:22:54.0 -1.04 82 2 Manual
RD LPF Pg 17:22:31.60 1.3 38 2.15 Manual
RD LPF Sg 17:23:00.80 0.66 38 2.15 Manual