This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.1 MLv
Local datetime 1996/12/26 04:57
Universal datetime 1996/12/26 03:57
Latitude 45.51 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -0.49 ° ± 4 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  52 41740
Saintes  29 25470
Cognac  24 18825
Royan  43 18398
Saint-André-de-Cubzac  57 11464
Soyaux  56 9351
La Couronne  48 7732
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente  52 7274
Saujon  39 7165
Saint-Jean-d'Angély  48 6976
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  58 6252
Gond-Pontouvre  54 6010
Lesparre-Médoc  43 5801
L'Isle-d'Espagnac  56 5604
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne  40 5360

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.6
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD LFF Pg 03:57:51.90 0.25 123 1.04 Manual
RD LFF Sg 03:58:06.40 0.27 123 1.04 Manual
RD MFF Pg 03:57:53.0 -0.19 12 1.12 Manual
RD MFF Sg 03:58:08.89 0.09 12 1.12 Manual
RD RJF Pg 03:57:58.70 -0.24 97 1.43 Manual
RD RJF Sg 03:58:18.29 -0.5 97 1.43 Manual
RD LSF Pn 03:57:59.20 -0.4 62 1.59 Manual
RD LSF Pg 03:58:02.70 0.62 62 1.59 Manual
RD LSF Sg 03:58:24.40 0.18 62 1.59 Manual