This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.7 MLv
Local datetime 1998/08/21 06:19
Universal datetime 1998/08/21 04:19
Latitude 47.28 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 9.25 ° ± 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
Zürich  54 341730
Saint Gallen  18 70572
Luzern  78 57066
Schaffhausen  66 33863
Chur  51 32429
Bregenz  47 26928
Zug  59 23435
Frauenfeld  34 21979
Herisau  12 15438
Schwyz  54 14177
Altdorf  64 8678
Stans  75 7475
Glarus  29 5681
Appenzell  14 5649
Vaduz  26 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.6
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 23
Number of phases used 15

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 04:20:20.89 0.17 280 1.2 Manual
FR BBS Sg 04:20:37.66 0.23 280 1.2 Manual
FR LIBD Pg 04:20:25.61 0.84 309 1.42 Manual
FR LIBD Sg 04:20:44.41 -0.06 309 1.42 Manual
FR MOF Pn 04:20:25.6 0.07 293 1.55 Manual
FR LOMF Pn 04:20:26.9 -0.34 273 1.65 Manual
FR ECH Pn 04:20:26.85 -0.19 304 1.7 Manual
FR ECH Sg 04:20:53.63 -0.01 304 1.7 Manual
RD HINF Pn 04:20:26.70 -0.56 289 1.71 Manual
FR WLS Pn 04:20:27.34 0.1 312 1.71 Manual
RD HINF Pg 04:20:30.40 0.03 289 1.71 Manual
FR WLS Sg 04:20:54.29 0.18 312 1.71 Manual
RD CDF Pn 04:20:27.80 0.04 311 1.75 Manual
RD CDF Pg 04:20:31.50 0.43 311 1.75 Manual
RD CDF Sg 04:20:54.60 -0.77 311 1.75 Manual