This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.5 MLv
Local datetime 1998/01/21 10:50
Universal datetime 1998/01/21 09:50
Latitude 45.21 ° ± 2 km
Longitude 4.18 ° ± 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
Saint-Étienne  29 172565
Le Puy-en-Velay  30 18995
Firminy  21 17135
Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert  32 15083
Le Chambon-Feugerolles  23 12317
Roche-la-Molière  27 9697
Monistrol-sur-Loire  9 8718
Unieux  23 8597
Villars  32 7970
La Ricamarie  26 7906
Yssingeaux  9 7202
Saint-Genest-Lerpt  30 6131
Saint-Priest-en-Jarez  33 6120
Aurec-sur-Loire  18 6111
Sainte-Sigolène  6 5959

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD VIVF Pg 09:50:23.60 0.23 135 0.49 Manual
RD VIVF Sg 09:50:30.30 -0.01 135 0.49 Manual
FR LBL Pg 09:50:26.4 -0.48 273 0.66 Manual
FR PLDF Pg 09:50:30.20 -0.01 333 0.86 Manual
FR PLDF Sg 09:50:43.25 1.03 333 0.86 Manual
FR AGO Pg 09:50:35.4 -0.09 319 1.12 Manual
FR AGO Sg 09:50:50.40 -0.38 319 1.12 Manual
RD ORIF Pg 09:50:38.9 0.83 103 1.24 Manual
RD ORIF Sg 09:50:53.70 -0.78 103 1.24 Manual
RD SMF Pg 09:50:42.0 0.56 351 1.46 Manual
RD SMF Sg 09:51:00.90 -0.83 351 1.46 Manual