This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.4 MLv
Local datetime 2016/08/21 14:37
Universal datetime 2016/08/21 12:37
Latitude 46.56 ° ± 11 km
Longitude -1.53 ° ± 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
La Roche-sur-Yon  15 54372
Les Sables-d'Olonne  19 44017
Challans  39 20622
Saint-Hilaire-de-Riez  39 11169
Luçon  30 9540
Aizenay  21 9510
Essarts en Bocage  35 8931
Le Poiré-sur-Vie  23 8509
Chantonnay  39 8318
Talmont-Saint-Hilaire  12 7657
Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie  33 7655
Aubigny-Les Clouzeaux  7 6571
Bellevigny  27 6005
La Ferrière  23 5255
Les Achards  11 5063

Past seismicity

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

Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status preliminary
RMS 0.2
Azimuthal gap 208.46 °
Number of stations used 3
Number of phases used 5

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR CHIF Pg 12:38:16.43 -0.08 118.46 0.88 Manual
FR CHIF Sg 12:38:28.78 -0.03 118.46 0.88 Manual
RD MFF Pg 12:38:18.16 0.38 87 0.95 Manual
RD MFF Sg 12:38:30.85 -0.17 87 0.95 Manual
RD ROSF Pg 12:38:38.46 -0.09 326.92 2.14 Manual