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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag strikes near Ramatuelle in France


Earthquake location 42.7998S, 7.2282WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 68 kilometers (42 miles) from Ramatuelle in France. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ndu7. Id of event: us7000ndu7. The temblor was reported at 18:47:43 / 6:47 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/09/24 / 2024-09-14 18:47:43 / September 14, 2024 @ 6:47 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10.133 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 7.2282° East, latitude 42.7998° North, depth = 10.133 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Biot, Le Muy, Pégomas (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Antibes (c. 76 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Cannes (c. 70 000 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Fréjus (c. 53 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Le Cannet (c. 43 400 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Saint-Raphaël (c. 34 900 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Vallauris (c. 27 300 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 68 km SE of Ramatuelle, France. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 7.2282° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 42.7998° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.133 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 68 km SE of Ramatuelle, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-14 18:47:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-14 21:08:20 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 40 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.027 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.78 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 96 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000ndu7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000ndu7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000ndu7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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