This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 1.5 MLv
Local datetime 1996/08/21 01:28
Universal datetime 1996/08/20 23:28
Latitude 44.31 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 7.17 ° ± 4 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
Nice  67 340017
Cagnes-sur-Mer  71 50928
Menton  63 28958
Saint-Laurent-du-Var  69 28453
Vence  64 18465
Beausoleil  66 13607
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin  65 12639
Carros  58 12329
La Trinité  64 10017
La Colle-sur-Loup  69 7838
Contes  57 7424
La Gaude  65 6623
Embrun  63 6155
Saint-André-de-la-Roche  63 5458
Villefranche-sur-Mer  68 5091

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 5
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD SBF Pg 23:29:09.20 0.35 157 0.49 Manual
RD SBF Sg 23:29:15.10 -0.62 157 0.49 Manual
RD MBDF Pg 23:29:08.80 -0.36 326 0.5 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 23:29:16.10 -0.13 326 0.5 Manual
RD FRF Pg 23:29:16.10 0.68 207 0.84 Manual
RD FRF Sg 23:29:27.30 0.14 207 0.84 Manual
RD LRG Pg 23:29:19.90 0.8 215 1.04 Manual
RD LRG Sg 23:29:33.0 -0.56 215 1.04 Manual
RD LMR Pg 23:29:20.10 0.06 206 1.09 Manual
RD LMR Sg 23:29:34.80 -0.41 206 1.09 Manual