This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.4 MLv
Local datetime 1997/08/17 04:55
Universal datetime 1997/08/17 02:55
Latitude 45.17 ° ± 2 km
Longitude 3.50 ° ± 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
Le Puy-en-Velay  35 18995
Firminy  66 17135
Montbrison  66 15641
Issoire  46 14822
Monistrol-sur-Loire  55 8718
Unieux  66 8597
Yssingeaux  50 7202
Brioude  17 6721
Ambert  47 6671
Sury-le-Comtal  68 6552
Saint-Flour  36 6435
Aurec-sur-Loire  60 6111
Sainte-Sigolène  58 5959
Le Cendre  65 5426
Vic-le-Comte  56 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 14
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD VIVF Pg 02:55:19.0 0.68 110 0.89 Manual
RD VIVF Sg 02:55:29.80 -0.93 110 0.89 Manual
RD CAF Pg 02:55:21.40 0.15 257 1.05 Manual
RD CAF Sg 02:55:34.59 -1.25 257 1.05 Manual
RD TCF Pg 02:55:29.70 1.06 322 1.44 Manual
RD BGF Pg 02:55:30.40 1.31 342 1.46 Manual
RD BGF Sg 02:55:49.60 0.16 342 1.46 Manual
RD SMF Pn 02:55:28.10 0.34 9 1.5 Manual
RD SMF Pg 02:55:30.20 0.48 9 1.5 Manual
RD SMF Sg 02:55:48.30 -2.23 9 1.5 Manual
RD ORIF Pg 02:55:33.40 -0.27 98 1.71 Manual
RD ORIF Sg 02:55:57.80 0.45 98 1.71 Manual