This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
| Type | Earthquake |
| Magnitude | 2.8 MLv |
| Local datetime | 1997/10/20 17:38 |
| Universal datetime | 1997/10/20 15:38 |
| Latitude | 49.15 ° ± 1 km |
| Longitude | 6.73 ° ± 4 km |
| Depth | 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
Saarbrücken 
|
21 | 181227 |
Metz 
|
39 | 116429 |
| Forbach
|
13 | 21552 |
| Sarreguemines
|
25 | 20783 |
| Saint-Avold
|
3 | 15483 |
| Creutzwald
|
7 | 13095 |
| Freyming-Merlebach
|
5 | 12818 |
| Stiring-Wendel
|
16 | 11618 |
| Behren-lès-Forbach
|
16 | 6562 |
| Hombourg-Haut
|
4 | 6433 |
| Petite-Rosselle
|
12 | 6338 |
| Boulay-Moselle
|
17 | 5587 |
| Farébersviller
|
11 | 5541 |
| L'Hôpital
|
1 | 5350 |
| Faulquemont
|
16 | 5306 |
Past seismicity
This map shows only the 50 most significant earthquakes around this event.
Event details
Parameters
| Evaluation status | final |
|---|---|
| RMS | 0.7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR | RUP | Pg | 15:39:03.41 | 0.09 | 21 | 0.6 | Manual |
| FR | RUP | Sg | 15:39:11.47 | -0.11 | 21 | 0.6 | Manual |
| FR | LANF | Pg | 15:39:05.84 | 0.08 | 103 | 0.73 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Pg | 15:39:08.53 | -0.6 | 36 | 0.9 | Manual |
| FR | ABH | Sg | 15:39:22.5 | 0.33 | 36 | 0.9 | Manual |
| FR | ECH | Pg | 15:39:11.18 | 0.71 | 163 | 0.98 | Manual |
| FR | ECH | Sg | 15:39:23.57 | -0.47 | 163 | 0.98 | Manual |
| FR | THEF | Pg | 15:39:11.72 | -0.03 | 208 | 1.04 | Manual |
| FR | THEF | Sg | 15:39:26.27 | 0.01 | 208 | 1.04 | Manual |