This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.9 MLv
Local datetime 1987/08/08 20:02
Universal datetime 1987/08/08 18:02
Latitude 43.31 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 3.40 ° ± 3 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
Béziers  14 77177
Sète  22 43229
Agde  7 28609
Frontignan  32 22762
Mèze  20 11587
Pézenas  17 8280
Marseillan  13 7778
Sérignan  9 6956
Balaruc-les-Bains  28 6751
Poussan  29 5972
Coursan  29 5908
Vias  0 5719
Sauvian  12 5353
Bessan  5 5069
Florensac  10 5014

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.9
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 11
Number of phases used 12

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD CAF Pn 18:02:47.20 1.26 330 1.88 Manual
RD CAF Pg 18:02:50.0 0.06 330 1.88 Manual
RD CAF Sg 18:03:15.30 -0.69 330 1.88 Manual
RD LPO Pg 18:02:54.0 -0.19 311 2.1 Manual
RD LPO Sg 18:03:22.40 -0.94 311 2.1 Manual
RD LRG Pg 18:02:55.60 0.24 85 2.17 Manual
RD LMR Sg 18:03:28.0 -0.84 88 2.27 Manual
RD RJF Pn 18:02:53.80 0.69 327 2.41 Manual
RD RJF Pg 18:03:00.50 0.6 327 2.41 Manual
RD RJF Sg 18:03:32.90 -0.35 327 2.41 Manual
FR PLD Pn 18:02:55.90 -0.68 3 2.66 Manual
RD SMF Sg 18:04:04.80 0.76 5 3.35 Manual