This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2.6 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1997/02/16 17:40 |
| Universal datetime | 1997/02/16 16:40 |
| Latitude | 49.33 ° ± 1 km |
| Longitude | 6.86 ° ± 10 km |
| Depth | 1 km (operator assigned) ± 0.0 km |
Have you felt an earthquake ?
You can participate to science by bringing your testimony.
Testify !Near cities
This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
| Name | Distance (km) | Population |
|---|---|---|
Saarbrücken 
|
12 | 181227 |
Forbach 
|
16 | 21552 |
| Sarreguemines
|
29 | 20783 |
| Saint-Avold
|
25 | 15483 |
| Creutzwald
|
19 | 13095 |
| Freyming-Merlebach
|
20 | 12818 |
| Stiring-Wendel
|
15 | 11618 |
| Guénange
|
48 | 7210 |
| Behren-lès-Forbach
|
19 | 6562 |
| Hombourg-Haut
|
23 | 6433 |
| Petite-Rosselle
|
13 | 6338 |
| Boulay-Moselle
|
31 | 5587 |
| Farébersviller
|
24 | 5541 |
| L'Hôpital
|
21 | 5350 |
| Faulquemont
|
38 | 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 | 10 |
| 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 | 16:40:20.42 | 0.05 | 20 | 0.4 | Manual |
| FR | RUP | Sg | 16:40:26.9 | 0.13 | 20 | 0.4 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Pg | 16:40:25.84 | -0.38 | 38 | 0.71 | Manual |
| FR | LANF | Pg | 16:40:26.41 | 0.28 | 119 | 0.71 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Sg | 16:40:35.66 | -0.48 | 38 | 0.71 | Manual |
| FR | KTD | Pg | 16:40:28.63 | 0.8 | 90 | 0.8 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Pg | 16:40:31.47 | 0.47 | 160 | 0.97 | Manual |
| FR | WLS | Sg | 16:40:43.68 | -0.79 | 160 | 0.97 | Manual |