This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 2.5 MLv
Local datetime 1991/07/17 19:50
Universal datetime 1991/07/17 17:50
Latitude 49.13 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 6.87 ° ± 3 km
Depth 1 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
Saarbrücken  15 181227
Forbach  7 21552
Sarreguemines  15 20783
Saint-Avold  12 15483
Creutzwald  16 13095
Freyming-Merlebach  6 12818
Stiring-Wendel  9 11618
Behren-lès-Forbach  7 6562
Hombourg-Haut  7 6433
Petite-Rosselle  9 6338
Boulay-Moselle  28 5587
Farébersviller  1 5541
L'Hôpital  10 5350
Faulquemont  23 5306
Bitche  44 5098

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.6
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 7
Number of phases used 9

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR GWF Pg 17:50:37.59 0.04 107 0.52 Manual
RD CDF Pg 17:50:42.0 -0.2 159 0.77 Manual
FR ECH Pg 17:50:45.30 -0.04 168 0.94 Manual
FR VITF Pg 17:50:48.0 -0.13 213 1.08 Manual
FR VITF Sg 17:51:03.10 -0.11 213 1.08 Manual
FR MOF Pg 17:50:52.30 0.26 172 1.29 Manual
FR MOF Sg 17:51:10.40 0.41 172 1.29 Manual
FR FEL Pg 17:50:55.60 0.24 148 1.47 Manual
FR FEL Sg 17:51:15.30 -0.46 148 1.47 Manual