This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2.6 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1996/08/10 23:58 |
| Universal datetime | 1996/08/10 21:58 |
| Latitude | 49.14 ° ± 1 km |
| Longitude | 6.83 ° ± 12 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 
|
16 | 181227 |
Metz 
|
46 | 116429 |
| Forbach
|
7 | 21552 |
| Sarreguemines
|
18 | 20783 |
| Saint-Avold
|
9 | 15483 |
| Creutzwald
|
13 | 13095 |
| Freyming-Merlebach
|
3 | 12818 |
| Stiring-Wendel
|
10 | 11618 |
| Behren-lès-Forbach
|
9 | 6562 |
| Hombourg-Haut
|
4 | 6433 |
| Petite-Rosselle
|
8 | 6338 |
| Boulay-Moselle
|
25 | 5587 |
| Farébersviller
|
4 | 5541 |
| L'Hôpital
|
7 | 5350 |
| Faulquemont
|
21 | 5306 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 0.8 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 6 |
| Number of phases used | 8 |
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 | RUP | Pg | 21:58:16.11 | -0.11 | 15 | 0.58 | Manual |
| FR | RUP | Sg | 21:58:24.1 | -0.3 | 15 | 0.58 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Pg | 21:58:20.31 | -0.14 | 154 | 0.81 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Sg | 21:58:31.19 | -0.49 | 154 | 0.81 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Pg | 21:58:21.22 | -0.52 | 32 | 0.88 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Sg | 21:58:34.70 | 0.79 | 32 | 0.88 | Manual |
| FR | ECH | Pg | 21:58:24.1 | 0.84 | 167 | 0.95 | Manual |
| FR | ECH | Sg | 21:58:36.50 | 0.09 | 167 | 0.95 | Manual |