This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.5 MLv
Local datetime 1997/02/16 00:17
Universal datetime 1997/02/15 23:17
Latitude 46.28 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 7.89 ° ± 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
Bern  78 121631
Lausanne  99 116751
Luzern  91 57066
Aosta  75 34062
Fribourg  81 32827
Sion  42 28045
Lugano  89 26365
Bellinzona  88 16572
Schwyz  101 14177
Passy  96 10902
Sarnen  74 9410
Altdorf  88 8678
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc  84 8611
Stans  84 7475
Saint-Gervais-les-Bains  101 5573

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 17
Number of phases used 17

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD LPL Pg 23:18:09.60 0.15 227 1.11 Manual
RD LPL Sg 23:18:24.50 -0.46 227 1.11 Manual
RD LPG Pg 23:18:10.40 0.88 226 1.12 Manual
RD LPG Sg 23:18:24.80 -0.27 226 1.12 Manual
FR BBS Pg 23:18:11.66 0.37 348 1.21 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 23:18:13.89 1.05 326 1.29 Manual
RD CABF Pg 23:18:14.0 1.27 285 1.29 Manual
FR LOMF Sg 23:18:31.3 0.19 326 1.29 Manual
RD CABF Sg 23:18:31.50 0.85 285 1.29 Manual
FR MOF Pg 23:18:19.45 -0.15 342 1.65 Manual
FR MOF Sg 23:18:41.54 -1.01 342 1.65 Manual
RD HINF Pn 23:18:17.40 0.07 336 1.69 Manual
RD HINF Pg 23:18:19.70 -0.61 336 1.69 Manual
RD HINF Sg 23:18:41.40 -2.38 336 1.69 Manual
RD MBDF Pn 23:18:19.79 1.75 207 1.74 Manual
RD MBDF Pg 23:18:21.20 -0.1 207 1.74 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 23:18:42.80 -2.7 207 1.74 Manual