This event was reviewed by an analyst and confirmed.
Type Earthquake
Magnitude 1.6 MLv
Local datetime 1998/05/16 11:50
Universal datetime 1998/05/16 09:50
Latitude 44.31 ° ± 3 km
Longitude 7.60 ° ± 9 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  72 340017
Cagnes-sur-Mer  79 50928
Menton  58 28958
Saint-Laurent-du-Var  77 28453
Vence  75 18465
Beausoleil  64 13607
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin  62 12639
Carros  67 12329
La Trinité  66 10017
La Colle-sur-Loup  80 7838
Contes  60 7424
Roquefort-les-Pins  83 6762
La Gaude  74 6623
Saint-André-de-la-Roche  68 5458
Villefranche-sur-Mer  70 5091

Past seismicity

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Event details

Parameters

Evaluation status final
RMS 0.7
Azimuthal gap
Number of stations used 9
Number of phases used 10

Webservices

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Phases

Network Station Phase Time Residual (s) Azimuth (°) Distance (°) Mode
FR SAOF Pg 09:50:12.85 0.55 186 0.33 Manual
FR SAOF Sg 09:50:17.61 0.44 186 0.33 Manual
FR AUTN Pg 09:50:11.89 -0.65 202 0.34 Manual
FR AUTN Sg 09:50:17.70 0.13 202 0.34 Manual
FR TOUF Pg 09:50:12.61 -0.83 221 0.4 Manual
FR AURF Pg 09:50:14.78 0.02 205 0.47 Manual
RD SBF Pg 09:50:14.90 0.21 195 0.47 Manual
RD SBF Sg 09:50:21.20 -0.11 195 0.47 Manual
RD MBDF Pg 09:50:19.10 -0.34 305 0.72 Manual
RD MBDF Sg 09:50:30.10 0.52 305 0.72 Manual