This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.8 MLv
Local datetime 1997/03/09 06:59
Universal datetime 1997/03/09 05:59
Latitude 46.60 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 6.38 ° ± 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
Lausanne  22 116751
Thonon-les-Bains  27 34756
Pontarlier  35 17197
Gex  38 13118
Ferney-Voltaire  44 9766
Divonne-les-Bains  32 9644
Saint-Claude  44 9279
Évian-les-Bains  28 9098
Prévessin-Moëns  45 8233
Champagnole  40 7958
Publier  26 7148
Sciez  31 6033
Douvaine  33 5948
Bons-en-Chablais  37 5631
Hauts de Bienne  31 5350

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 21
Number of phases used 18

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD CABF Pg 05:59:33.9 0.37 272 0.2 Manual
RD CABF Sg 05:59:35.80 -0.11 272 0.2 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 05:59:44.22 0.52 22 0.81 Manual
FR LOMF Sg 05:59:55.6 0.05 22 0.81 Manual
RD LPL Pg 05:59:49.90 0.46 167 1.12 Manual
RD LPL Sg 06:00:04.50 -0.49 167 1.12 Manual
RD LPG Pg 05:59:50.0 0.17 167 1.14 Manual
RD LPG Sg 06:00:05.20 -0.48 167 1.14 Manual
FR BBS Pg 05:59:50.87 0.63 42 1.16 Manual
FR BBS Sg 06:00:06.29 -0.09 42 1.16 Manual
RD HINF Pn 05:59:51.60 0.25 15 1.26 Manual
RD HINF Pg 05:59:52.10 0.03 15 1.26 Manual
RD HINF Sg 06:00:08.60 -0.96 15 1.26 Manual
FR MOF Pg 05:59:53.68 -0.17 22 1.35 Manual
FR MOF Sg 06:00:12.70 0.06 22 1.35 Manual
RD HAU Pn 05:59:53.60 0.26 359 1.4 Manual
RD HAU Pg 05:59:54.70 -0.12 359 1.4 Manual
RD HAU Sg 06:00:13.40 -0.92 359 1.4 Manual