This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.7 MLv
Local datetime 2021/12/20 02:17
Universal datetime 2021/12/20 01:17
Latitude 46.80 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 8.93 ° ± 6 km
Depth 9 km (from location) ± 5 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Zürich  71 341730
Saint Gallen  77 70572
Luzern  56 57066
Chur  44 32429
Zug  54 23435
Frauenfeld  86 21979
Bellinzona  68 16572
Herisau  70 15438
Schwyz  32 14177
Sarnen  53 9410
Altdorf  24 8678
Stans  45 7475
Glarus  30 5681
Appenzell  70 5649
Vaduz  58 5197

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status preliminary
RMS 0.31
Azimuthal gap 213 °
Number of stations used 12
Number of phases used 23

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
CH ZUR Pg 01:18:03.93 -0.11 337.64 0.62 Manual
CH ZUR Sg 01:18:12.47 0.11 337.64 0.62 Manual
CH SULZ Pg 01:18:09.59 -0.04 322.92 0.91 Manual
CH SULZ Pn 01:18:11.61 0.26 322.92 0.91 Manual
CH SULZ Sg 01:18:21.60 -0.27 322.92 0.91 Manual
CH SULZ Sn 01:18:24.77 0.02 322.92 0.91 Manual
CH EMBD Pg 01:18:10.18 -0.21 232.64 0.95 Manual
CH EMBD Sg 01:18:22.67 -0.48 232.64 0.95 Manual
CH BALST Pg 01:18:11.1 -0.16 302.92 1 Manual
CH BALST Sg 01:18:24.96 0.48 302.92 1 Manual
CH BALST Sn 01:18:26.85 0.16 302.92 1 Manual
CH SLE Pg 01:18:11.23 -0.15 343.16 1.01 Manual
CH SLE Sg 01:18:25.8 0.24 343.16 1.01 Manual
CH SLE Sn 01:18:26.81 -0.14 343.16 1.01 Manual
GU SATI Pg 01:18:14.86 0.25 218.72 1.18 Manual
GU SATI Sg 01:18:30.73 0.4 218.72 1.18 Manual
LE ENDD Pg 01:18:15.31 -0.05 318.9 1.22 Manual
LE ENDD Sg 01:18:30.96 -0.65 318.9 1.22 Manual
RA STHE Pg 01:18:16.23 0.77 310.23 1.23 Manual
LE FELD Pn 01:18:15.63 -0.29 330.12 1.25 Manual
CH DIX Pg 01:18:16.4 -0.3 236.05 1.27 Manual
LE GUT Pn 01:18:16.30 -0.05 5.72 1.28 Manual
AM R0220 Pg 01:18:16.97 0.2 310.55 1.3 Manual