This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.9 MLv
Local datetime 1998/03/23 12:00
Universal datetime 1998/03/23 12:00
Latitude 50.48 ° ± 4 km
Longitude -2.84 ° ± 8 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
Bristol  109 430713
Plymouth  94 247297
Reading  171 244070
Portsmouth  129 194150
Swansea  150 170883
Bournemouth  72 163600
Oxford  182 154566
Exeter  55 113118
Bath  106 93238
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin  129 79200
La Hague  118 11634
Carentan-les-Marais  175 10118
Coutances  188 8501
Valognes  145 6803
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin  141 5899

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 12

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 ROSF Pn 12:01:02.90 0.04 188 2.16 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 12:01:08.30 -0.07 188 2.16 Manual
RD ROSF Sn 12:01:30.80 -0.87 188 2.16 Manual
RD ROSF Sg 12:01:38.0 -0.37 188 2.16 Manual
RD SGMF Pn 12:01:04.0 0.18 175 2.24 Manual
RD SGMF Pg 12:01:10.20 0.49 175 2.24 Manual
RD SGMF Sg 12:01:42.0 1.32 175 2.24 Manual
RD FLN Pn 12:01:04.60 -0.12 137 2.3 Manual
RD FLN Pg 12:01:11.30 0.34 137 2.3 Manual
RD GRR Pn 12:01:07.20 0.34 148 2.46 Manual
RD GRR Pg 12:01:13.70 -0.22 148 2.46 Manual
RD GRR Sn 12:01:38.20 -0.97 148 2.46 Manual