This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 1.9 MLv
Local datetime 2008/08/16 14:12
Universal datetime 2008/08/16 12:12
Latitude 45.77 ° ± 2 km
Longitude -0.50 ° ± 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
Angoulême  52 41740
Saintes  12 25470
Rochefort  41 24151
Cognac  15 18825
Royan  43 18398
Tonnay-Charente  36 8010
La Couronne  51 7732
Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente  50 7274
Saujon  36 7165
Saint-Jean-d'Angély  19 6976
Surgères  42 6807
Marennes-Hiers-Brouage  45 6252
Gond-Pontouvre  53 6010
Saint-Georges-de-Didonne  42 5360
Champniers  55 5151

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 8
Number of phases used 11

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD MFF Pg 12:12:24.50 -0.13 16 0.87 Manual
RD MFF Sg 12:12:36.59 -0.17 16 0.87 Manual
RD LFF Pg 12:12:30.80 -0.14 133 1.21 Manual
RD LFF Sg 12:12:47.80 0.07 133 1.21 Manual
RD RJF Pg 12:12:36.59 0.29 107 1.49 Manual
RD RJF Sg 12:12:57.40 0.37 107 1.49 Manual
RD TCF Pn 12:12:41.0 0.29 74 1.96 Manual
RD TCF Pg 12:12:45.60 0.47 74 1.96 Manual
RD TCF Sn 12:13:06.30 -0.78 74 1.96 Manual
RD TCF Sg 12:13:12.70 0.43 74 1.96 Manual
RD CAF Sg 12:13:12.70 -0.81 114 2 Manual