This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.3 MLv
Local datetime 2012/08/19 01:45
Universal datetime 2012/08/18 23:45
Latitude 46.73 ° ± 4 km
Longitude 8.27 ° ± 4 km
Depth 10 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  75 341730
Bern  65 121631
Luzern  35 57066
Biel  92 48614
Fribourg  86 32827
Sion  89 28045
Zug  52 23435
Bellinzona  83 16572
Aarau  75 15501
Solothurn  77 14853
Schwyz  43 14177
Sarnen  19 9410
Altdorf  32 8678
Stans  26 7475
Glarus  70 5681

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status confirmed
RMS 0.59
Azimuthal gap 205.49 °
Number of stations used 6
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR CHMF Pn 23:46:11.5 0.68 295.54 1.22 Manual
FR CHMF Sg 23:46:28.57 -0.03 295.54 1.22 Manual
LE KIZ Pn 23:46:10.78 0.08 349 1.25 Manual
LE KIZ Sg 23:46:28.49 -0.9 349 1.25 Manual
LE GUT Pn 23:46:12.94 -0.58 22.85 1.46 Manual
LE GUT Sg 23:46:36.22 0.31 22.85 1.46 Manual
FR RSL Pn 23:46:13.100 -0.8 228.33 1.55 Manual
FR ECH Pn 23:46:16.93 0.57 333.42 1.67 Manual
FR WLS Pn 23:46:18.75 0.67 340.03 1.79 Manual