This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 1.6 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1997/08/16 21:39 |
| Universal datetime | 1997/08/16 19:39 |
| Latitude | 44.39 ° ± 2 km |
| Longitude | 7.26 ° ± 6 km |
| Depth | 5 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 |
|---|---|---|
Nice 
|
75 | 340017 |
| Menton
|
69 | 28958 |
| Saint-Laurent-du-Var
|
78 | 28453 |
| Vence
|
73 | 18465 |
| Beausoleil
|
73 | 13607 |
| Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
|
71 | 12639 |
| Carros
|
68 | 12329 |
| Briançon
|
75 | 11625 |
| La Trinité
|
72 | 10017 |
| La Colle-sur-Loup
|
79 | 7838 |
| Contes
|
65 | 7424 |
| La Gaude
|
75 | 6623 |
| Embrun
|
66 | 6155 |
| Saint-André-de-la-Roche
|
72 | 5458 |
| Villefranche-sur-Mer
|
75 | 5091 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 1 |
| Azimuthal gap | |
| Number of stations used | 6 |
| Number of phases used | 9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RD | MBDF | Pg | 19:39:31.40 | -0.66 | 314 | 0.49 | Manual |
| RD | MBDF | Sg | 19:39:38.20 | -0.74 | 314 | 0.49 | Manual |
| RD | SBF | Pg | 19:39:33.9 | 0.11 | 167 | 0.54 | Manual |
| RD | SBF | Sg | 19:39:41.10 | 0.56 | 167 | 0.54 | Manual |
| RD | FRF | Sg | 19:39:52.30 | -1.24 | 208 | 0.94 | Manual |
| RD | ORIF | Pg | 19:39:45.0 | 1.16 | 299 | 1.12 | Manual |
| RD | ORIF | Sg | 19:40:00.40 | 0.95 | 299 | 1.12 | Manual |
| RD | LPG | Pg | 19:39:44.30 | -0.44 | 342 | 1.17 | Manual |
| RD | LMR | Sg | 19:40:01.90 | 0.32 | 208 | 1.19 | Manual |