This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 3.1 MLv
Local datetime 1997/08/16 13:20
Universal datetime 1997/08/16 11:20
Latitude 43.92 ° ± 2 km
Longitude 7.71 ° ± 3 km
Depth 5 km (from location) ± 3 km

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Near cities

This table shows only the most populated cities around the epicenter.
Name Distance (km) Population
Nice  44 340017
Cagnes-sur-Mer  53 50928
Menton  22 28958
Saint-Laurent-du-Var  50 28453
Vence  53 18465
Villeneuve-Loubet  57 15241
Beausoleil  30 13607
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin  27 12639
Carros  45 12329
La Trinité  36 10017
La Colle-sur-Loup  56 7838
Contes  33 7424
La Gaude  49 6623
Saint-André-de-la-Roche  39 5458
Villefranche-sur-Mer  39 5091

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.4
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 31
Number of phases used 13

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR SAOF Pg 11:20:17.85 -0.41 302 0.13 Manual
FR SAOF Sg 11:20:20.1 -0.62 302 0.13 Manual
RD SBF Pg 11:20:19.20 -0.34 255 0.21 Manual
RD SBF Sg 11:20:22.50 -0.35 255 0.21 Manual
FR AUTN Pg 11:20:19.48 -0.29 291 0.22 Manual
FR AUTN Sg 11:20:23.15 -0.1 291 0.22 Manual
FR AURF Pg 11:20:20.64 -0.16 264 0.28 Manual
FR REVF Pg 11:20:21.14 -0.1 235 0.31 Manual
FR MVIF Pg 11:20:23.6 0.08 267 0.41 Manual
FR MVIF Sg 11:20:28.44 -0.37 267 0.41 Manual
FR CALN Pg 11:20:27.4 0.23 255 0.62 Manual
RD FRF Pg 11:20:30.90 -0.25 246 0.85 Manual
RD FRF Sg 11:20:42.90 -0.15 246 0.85 Manual