This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3 MLv
Local datetime 1997/10/23 14:06
Universal datetime 1997/10/23 12:06
Latitude 47.17 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 8.61 ° ± 3 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
Zürich  24 341730
Saint Gallen  63 70572
Luzern  28 57066
Schaffhausen  60 33863
Zug  9 23435
Frauenfeld  58 21979
Aarau  50 15501
Herisau  56 15438
Schwyz  17 14177
Sarnen  41 9410
Altdorf  32 8678
Stans  30 7475
Glarus  37 5681
Appenzell  64 5649
Vaduz  69 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 1
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 35
Number of phases used 35

Webservices

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

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR BBS Pg 12:07:16.3 1.07 292 0.81 Manual
FR BBS Sg 12:07:27.52 1.29 292 0.81 Manual
FR MOF Pn 12:07:21.40 -0.66 305 1.21 Manual
FR MOF Sg 12:07:39.59 0.16 305 1.21 Manual
FR LOMF Pn 12:07:22.1 -0.29 279 1.23 Manual
FR LOMF Pg 12:07:24.52 1.64 279 1.23 Manual
FR LOMF Sg 12:07:39.36 -0.64 279 1.23 Manual
RD HINF Pn 12:07:23.40 -0.63 299 1.36 Manual
RD HINF Pg 12:07:26.40 1.13 299 1.36 Manual
RD HINF Sg 12:07:43.40 -0.74 299 1.36 Manual
FR ECH Pn 12:07:24.46 -0.62 317 1.43 Manual
FR ECH Pg 12:07:28.44 1.73 317 1.43 Manual
FR WLS Pn 12:07:25.79 -0.25 326 1.5 Manual
RD CDF Pn 12:07:25.90 -0.54 324 1.53 Manual
RD CDF Pg 12:07:30.40 1.81 324 1.53 Manual
RD CDF Sg 12:07:49.60 -0.3 324 1.53 Manual
RD HAU Pn 12:07:28.90 -0.41 299 1.75 Manual
RD HAU Pg 12:07:33.40 0.8 299 1.75 Manual
RD HAU Sg 12:07:56.10 -0.72 299 1.75 Manual
RD CABF Pn 12:07:29.70 -0.64 253 1.82 Manual
RD CABF Pg 12:07:35.20 1.16 253 1.82 Manual
RD CABF Sg 12:07:58.70 -0.6 253 1.82 Manual
FR LANF Pn 12:07:30.71 -0.55 344 1.89 Manual
FR LANF Sg 12:08:01.35 -0.16 344 1.89 Manual
FR THEF Pn 12:07:34.15 0.55 302 2.06 Manual
FR THEF Pg 12:07:39.15 0.58 302 2.06 Manual
FR THEF Sg 12:08:06.26 -0.87 302 2.06 Manual
RD LPL Pn 12:07:35.9 0.86 219 2.11 Manual
RD LPG Pn 12:07:35.40 1.07 218 2.11 Manual
RD LPL Pg 12:07:40.50 1.05 219 2.11 Manual
RD LPG Pg 12:07:40.70 1.13 218 2.11 Manual
RD LPL Sg 12:08:06.30 -2.35 219 2.11 Manual
RD LPG Sg 12:08:07.10 -1.78 218 2.11 Manual
FR TOD Pn 12:07:37.22 -1.55 3 2.44 Manual
FR TOD Sg 12:08:18.27 -1.3 3 2.44 Manual