This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.9 MLv
Local datetime 1983/08/26 00:09
Universal datetime 1983/08/25 22:09
Latitude 49.06 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 6.45 ° ± 6 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
Metz  19 116429
Montigny-lès-Metz  22 21819
Saint-Avold  21 15483
Woippy  24 14214
Creutzwald  24 13095
Freyming-Merlebach  27 12818
Maizières-lès-Metz  27 11388
Marly  22 10104
Hagondange  30 9242
Talange  28 7707
Hombourg-Haut  25 6433
Boulay-Moselle  14 5587
L'Hôpital  23 5350
Faulquemont  11 5306
Moulins-lès-Metz  25 5055

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 8

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD CDF Pg 22:09:35.20 -0.46 140 0.85 Manual
RD CDF Sg 22:09:47.50 0 140 0.85 Manual
RD HAU Pn 22:09:39.30 -0.6 184 1.06 Manual
RD HAU Pg 22:09:40.0 0.41 184 1.06 Manual
RD HAU Sg 22:09:54.30 -0.04 184 1.06 Manual
DE BUH Pn 22:09:42.60 0.3 108 1.23 Manual
RD BSF Pg 22:09:43.60 0.41 169 1.25 Manual
RD BSF Sg 22:10:00.60 0.01 169 1.25 Manual