This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2.5 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1997/05/17 13:51 |
| Universal datetime | 1997/05/17 11:51 |
| Latitude | 46.04 ° ± 3 km |
| Longitude | -0.35 ° ± 8 km |
| Depth | 5 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km |
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Testify !Near cities
This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
| Name | Distance (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|
Niort 
|
33 | 58707 |
| Saintes
|
40 | 25470 |
| Rochefort
|
49 | 24151 |
| Cognac
|
38 | 18825 |
| Tonnay-Charente
|
42 | 8010 |
| Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente
|
54 | 7274 |
| Chauray
|
35 | 7006 |
| Saint-Maixent-l'École
|
43 | 6982 |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély
|
17 | 6976 |
| Surgères
|
32 | 6807 |
| Melle
|
25 | 6213 |
| Gond-Pontouvre
|
57 | 6010 |
| La Crèche
|
36 | 5635 |
| Aiffres
|
27 | 5506 |
| Champniers
|
56 | 5151 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 1.2 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 19 |
| Number of phases used | 9 |
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Phases
| Network | Station | Phase | Time | Residual (s) | Azimuth (°) | Distance (°) | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD | MFF | Pg | 11:51:38.80 | -0.05 | 14 | 0.58 | Manual |
| RD | MFF | Sg | 11:51:46.90 | -0.03 | 14 | 0.58 | Manual |
| RD | LFF | Pn | 11:51:51.70 | -0.32 | 145 | 1.34 | Manual |
| RD | LFF | Pg | 11:51:52.40 | -0.78 | 145 | 1.34 | Manual |
| RD | LFF | Sg | 11:52:12.40 | 0.54 | 145 | 1.34 | Manual |
| RD | TCF | Pn | 11:51:59.30 | 1.16 | 81 | 1.79 | Manual |
| RD | TCF | Pg | 11:52:03.0 | 1.32 | 81 | 1.79 | Manual |
| RD | TCF | Sn | 11:52:19.20 | -3.4 | 81 | 1.79 | Manual |
| RD | TCF | Sg | 11:52:27.40 | 0.84 | 81 | 1.79 | Manual |