A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Levens in France on Tuesday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 17:44:59 / March 18, 2025 @ 5:44 pm. Unique identifier: us6000pzm8. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzm8. The temblor was picked up at 17:44:59 / 5:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 7.273 East, latitude 43.873 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the event was 19 km (12 miles) from Nice (c. 338 600 pop), 36 km (23 miles) from Antibes (c. 76 400 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Cannes (c. 70 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Fréjus (c. 53 100 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Grasse (c. 47 600 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sainte-Maxime, Ceriale, Les Arcs (min 5000 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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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