This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.9 MLv
Local datetime 1996/12/01 12:52
Universal datetime 1996/12/01 11:52
Latitude 45.86 ° ± 2 km
Longitude 0.05 ° ± 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
Angoulême  25 41740
Saintes  56 25470
Cognac  35 18825
Soyaux  27 9351
La Couronne  28 7732
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente  21 7274
Ruelle-sur-Touvre  24 7201
Chauray  64 7006
Saint-Jean-d'Angély  45 6976
Melle  43 6213
Gond-Pontouvre  22 6010
La Crèche  63 5635
L'Isle-d'Espagnac  25 5604
Aiffres  59 5506
Champniers  20 5151

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 55
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 11:53:00.70 0.45 349 0.76 Manual
RD MFF Sg 11:53:10.40 -0.42 349 0.76 Manual
FR OLEF Pg 11:53:04.23 -0.27 275 0.98 Manual
FR OLEF Sg 11:53:18.18 -0.05 275 0.98 Manual
RD LFF Pg 11:53:05.50 -0.03 152 1.04 Manual
RD LFF Sg 11:53:19.79 -0.24 152 1.04 Manual
RD LSF Pn 11:53:07.30 0.56 69 1.1 Manual
RD LSF Pg 11:53:07.50 0.85 69 1.1 Manual
RD LSF Sg 11:53:21.10 -0.86 69 1.1 Manual