This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.5 MLv
Local datetime 1996/10/17 17:21
Universal datetime 1996/10/17 15:21
Latitude 43.98 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 7.51 ° ± 2 km
Depth 10 km (from location) ± 2 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nice  37 340017
Cagnes-sur-Mer  45 50928
Menton  21 28958
Saint-Laurent-du-Var  42 28453
Vence  42 18465
Villeneuve-Loubet  49 15241
Beausoleil  27 13607
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin  24 12639
Carros  34 12329
La Trinité  30 10017
La Colle-sur-Loup  46 7838
Contes  24 7424
La Gaude  40 6623
Saint-André-de-la-Roche  32 5458
Villefranche-sur-Mer  33 5091

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 38
Number of phases used 19

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR SAOF Pg 15:21:40.98 0.4 87 0.03 Manual
FR AUTN Pg 15:21:41.54 0.57 281 0.06 Manual
RD SBF Pg 15:21:42.20 0.06 203 0.13 Manual
RD SBF Sg 15:21:44.80 -0.17 203 0.13 Manual
FR AURF Pg 15:21:42.97 0.35 233 0.16 Manual
FR TOUF Pg 15:21:43.51 0.46 279 0.19 Manual
FR REVF Pg 15:21:44.83 0.58 203 0.26 Manual
FR REVF Sg 15:21:48.88 0.24 203 0.26 Manual
FR MVIF Pg 15:21:44.79 0.43 251 0.27 Manual
FR CALN Pg 15:21:49.23 1.16 243 0.5 Manual
RD FRF Pg 15:21:53.20 0.5 236 0.75 Manual
RD FRF Sg 15:22:03.20 -0.13 236 0.75 Manual
RD MBDF Pg 15:21:55.80 0.2 325 0.91 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 15:22:07.50 -0.88 325 0.91 Manual
RD LMR Pg 15:21:57.10 0.34 228 0.97 Manual
RD LMR Sg 15:22:09.80 -0.6 228 0.97 Manual
RD LRG Pg 15:21:57.50 0.51 238 0.99 Manual
RD LRG Sg 15:22:10.70 -0.1 238 0.99 Manual
RD PGF Pn 15:22:07.30 -0.77 142 1.8 Manual