This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Explosion
Magnitude 2.3 MLv
Local datetime 2014/08/23 12:45
Universal datetime 2014/08/23 10:45
Latitude 49.70 ° ± 4 km
Longitude -1.56 ° ± 11 km
Depth 0 km (from location) ± 0.0 km
See the seismogram of this event.

Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Caen  103 105354
Cherbourg-en-Cotentin  9 79200
Hérouville-Saint-Clair  104 22954
Saint-Lô  74 19116
Bayeux  77 13121
Granville  96 12580
La Hague  19 11634
Carentan-les-Marais  50 10118
Souleuvre en Bocage  97 8839
Coutances  72 8501
Valognes  21 6803
Thue et Mue  93 5904
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin  27 5899
Blainville-sur-Orne  105 5801
Douvres-la-Délivrande  96 5062

Past seismicity

  This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status preliminary
RMS 0.19
Azimuthal gap 281.67 °
Number of stations used 3
Number of phases used 7

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
GB JSA Pg 10:45:27.50 0.04 218.36 0.65 Manual
GB DYA Pn 10:45:44.52 -0.13 296.69 1.7 Manual
GB DYA Pg 10:45:46.47 -0.26 296.69 1.7 Manual
GB DYA Sn 10:46:08.77 0.24 296.69 1.7 Manual
RD ROSF Pn 10:45:45.87 0.24 220.3 1.77 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 10:45:48.2 0.07 220.3 1.77 Manual
RD ROSF Sn 10:46:10.15 -0.21 220.3 1.77 Manual