This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.5 MLv
Local datetime 1997/08/17 07:22
Universal datetime 1997/08/17 05:22
Latitude 46.03 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -1.44 ° ± 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
La Rochelle  25 75735
Rochefort  38 24151
Luçon  51 9540
Aytré  28 8725
Périgny  31 8428
Tonnay-Charente  44 8010
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  52 7657
Lagord  28 7048
Surgères  54 6807
Saint-Pierre-d'Oléron  14 6743
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  36 6252
Puilboreau  31 6182
Châtelaillon-Plage  28 5846
Nieul-sur-Mer  29 5759
Dompierre-sur-Mer  33 5482

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1.1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 18
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR OLEF Pg 05:22:36.61 -0.07 143 0.11 Manual
FR OLEF Sg 05:22:37.74 -0.96 143 0.11 Manual
RD MFF Pg 05:22:55.20 1.18 57 1.06 Manual
RD MFF Sg 05:23:09.89 1.04 57 1.06 Manual
RD LFF Pg 05:23:08.89 -0.55 125 1.88 Manual
RD LFF Sg 05:23:35.50 -0.06 125 1.88 Manual
RD QUIF Pg 05:23:17.90 1.99 329 2.23 Manual
RD QUIF Sg 05:23:46.20 -0.56 329 2.23 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 05:23:19.50 1.23 341 2.35 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 05:23:49.90 -0.94 341 2.35 Manual
RD GRR Pg 05:23:18.90 -0.13 9 2.39 Manual
RD GRR Sg 05:23:50.0 -2.17 9 2.39 Manual