This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2.6 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1991/05/17 17:03 |
| Universal datetime | 1991/05/17 15:03 |
| Latitude | 49.12 ° ± 3 km |
| Longitude | 6.86 ° ± 3 km |
| Depth | 1 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km |
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Testify !Near cities
This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
| Name | Distance (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|
Saarbrücken 
|
17 | 181227 |
Forbach 
|
8 | 21552 |
| Sarreguemines
|
15 | 20783 |
| Saint-Avold
|
11 | 15483 |
| Creutzwald
|
16 | 13095 |
| Freyming-Merlebach
|
6 | 12818 |
| Stiring-Wendel
|
11 | 11618 |
| Behren-lès-Forbach
|
8 | 6562 |
| Hombourg-Haut
|
6 | 6433 |
| Petite-Rosselle
|
10 | 6338 |
| Boulay-Moselle
|
27 | 5587 |
| Farébersviller
|
1 | 5541 |
| L'Hôpital
|
10 | 5350 |
| Faulquemont
|
22 | 5306 |
| Bitche
|
45 | 5098 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 0.6 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 8 |
| Number of phases used | 9 |
Webservices
The data of this event are available in various formats (QuakeML, GeoJSON and text) through the following links :
Phases
| Network | Station | Phase | Time | Residual (s) | Azimuth (°) | Distance (°) | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | GWF | Pg | 15:03:27.20 | 0.07 | 106 | 0.52 | Manual |
| RD | CDF | Pg | 15:03:31.40 | -0.22 | 159 | 0.76 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Pg | 15:03:31.90 | -0.07 | 155 | 0.78 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Sg | 15:03:42.20 | -0.56 | 155 | 0.78 | Manual |
| FR | ECH | Pg | 15:03:35.0 | 0.26 | 168 | 0.92 | Manual |
| FR | VITF | Pg | 15:03:37.30 | -0.24 | 213 | 1.07 | Manual |
| FR | VITF | Sg | 15:03:52.40 | -0.08 | 213 | 1.07 | Manual |
| FR | MOF | Pg | 15:03:41.80 | 0.37 | 172 | 1.28 | Manual |
| FR | MOF | Sg | 15:03:59.70 | 0.49 | 172 | 1.28 | Manual |