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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag has occurred near Damparis in France


Earthquake location 47.06S, 5.43WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 2 kilometers (1 miles) from Damparis in France. Event id: us10007ela. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us10007ela. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 5.43 East, latitude 47.06 North, depth = 2 km. 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 2 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 03/12/16 / 2016-12-03 09:01:43 / December 3, 2016 @ 9:01 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 10:01:43 / 10:01 am (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 pop). The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) from Dijon (c. 149 800 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Besançon (c. 128 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Chalon-sur-Saône (c. 47 300 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Saint-Leu (c. 29 300 pop), 7 km (4 miles) from Dole (c. 25 900 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Oyonnax (c. 25 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Viriat, Oyonnax, Langres (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 one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 2 km SE of Damparis, France.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 5.43° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 47.06° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 2km SE of Damparis, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2016-12-03 09:01:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2016-12-03 13:26:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 60 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 259 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us10007ela Id of event.
Event Code 10007ela An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us10007ela, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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