This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 1.5 MLv
Local datetime 1997/08/21 10:20
Universal datetime 1997/08/21 08:20
Latitude 43.81 ° ± 1 km
Longitude 7.42 ° ± 2 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  18 340017
Cagnes-sur-Mer  26 50928
Menton  6 28958
Saint-Laurent-du-Var  24 28453
Vence  27 18465
Villeneuve-Loubet  31 15241
Beausoleil  7 13607
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin  6 12639
Carros  19 12329
La Trinité  10 10017
La Colle-sur-Loup  29 7838
Contes  8 7424
La Gaude  23 6623
Saint-André-de-la-Roche  13 5458
Villefranche-sur-Mer  14 5091

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.8
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 15
Number of phases used 22

Webservices

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QuakeML GeoJSON Text

Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
RD SBF Pg 08:20:46.20 -0.43 12 0.05 Manual
RD SBF Sg 08:20:47.60 -0.36 12 0.05 Manual
FR REVF Pg 08:20:46.36 -0.75 208 0.08 Manual
FR REVF Sg 08:20:48.97 0.18 208 0.08 Manual
FR AURF Pg 08:20:46.52 -0.95 319 0.1 Manual
FR AURF Sg 08:20:48.90 -0.5 319 0.1 Manual
FR AUTN Pg 08:20:48.43 -0.48 2 0.18 Manual
FR AUTN Sg 08:20:52.20 0.29 2 0.18 Manual
FR SAOF Pg 08:20:49.83 0.64 29 0.2 Manual
FR SAOF Sg 08:20:53.72 1.32 29 0.2 Manual
FR MVIF Pg 08:20:49.75 0.37 294 0.21 Manual
FR MVIF Sg 08:20:52.75 0.03 294 0.21 Manual
FR TOUF Pg 08:20:48.99 -0.84 329 0.24 Manual
FR TOUF Sg 08:20:54.15 0.65 329 0.24 Manual
FR CALN Pg 08:20:52.43 -0.02 261 0.39 Manual
FR CALN Sg 08:20:58.68 0.62 261 0.39 Manual
RD FRF Pg 08:20:56.20 -0.32 246 0.61 Manual
RD FRF Sg 08:21:05.40 0.27 246 0.61 Manual
RD LMR Pg 08:20:59.90 -0.38 235 0.82 Manual
RD LMR Sg 08:21:12.10 0.42 235 0.82 Manual
RD LRG Pg 08:21:01.0 0.13 245 0.85 Manual
RD LRG Sg 08:21:13.0 0.28 245 0.85 Manual