This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.9 MLv
Local datetime 1997/08/30 08:56
Universal datetime 1997/08/30 06:56
Latitude 44.74 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 6.67 ° ± 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
Gap  51 40895
Digne-les-Bains  80 16460
Briançon  18 11625
Eybens  86 10185
Vif  86 8532
Crolles  86 8247
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne  64 7746
Sisteron  84 7460
Vizille  80 7361
Villard-Bonnot  83 7107
Gières  85 6779
Domène  84 6745
Embrun  23 6155
Saint-Martin-d'Uriage  79 5451
Montbonnot-Saint-Martin  86 5134

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 38
Number of phases used 22

Webservices

The data of this event are available in various formats (QuakeML, GeoJSON and text) through the following links :

QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MBDF Pg 06:56:38.30 -0.52 104 0.07 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 06:56:39.90 -0.52 104 0.07 Manual
FR SURF Pg 06:56:42.22 -0.22 159 0.28 Manual
FR SURF Sg 06:56:46.40 -0.3 159 0.28 Manual
RD ORIF Pg 06:56:47.60 -0.26 287 0.59 Manual
RD ORIF Sg 06:56:55.10 -1.01 287 0.59 Manual
RD LPG Pg 06:56:51.20 0.24 4 0.75 Manual
RD LPG Sg 06:57:01.70 0.18 4 0.75 Manual
RD LPL Pg 06:56:51.50 0.21 3 0.77 Manual
RD LPL Sg 06:57:02.60 0.5 3 0.77 Manual
FR TOUF Pg 06:56:52.72 0.17 150 0.84 Manual
FR TOUF Sg 06:57:04.63 0.33 150 0.84 Manual
FR MVIF Pg 06:56:54.2 0.05 158 0.92 Manual
FR MVIF Sg 06:57:06.80 0.04 158 0.92 Manual
FR AUTN Pg 06:56:54.36 0.22 144 0.93 Manual
FR GANF Pg 06:56:54.49 0.35 216 0.93 Manual
FR AUTN Sg 06:57:06.40 -0.65 144 0.93 Manual
FR GANF Sg 06:57:07.65 0.58 216 0.93 Manual
FR AURF Pg 06:56:55.27 0.14 151 0.98 Manual
FR AURF Sg 06:57:09.43 0.64 151 0.98 Manual
FR SAOF Pg 06:56:55.49 0.17 140 0.99 Manual
FR SAOF Sg 06:57:08.89 -0.23 140 0.99 Manual