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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag has occurred near Chapareillan in France

Posted by admin on May 6, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 45.4673S, 5.9087WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Chapareillan in France. Id of earthquake: us7000pxek. Event ids that are associated: us7000pxek. Exact location of event, longitude 5.9087 East, latitude 45.4673 North, depth = 5 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/05/25 / 2025-05-06 01:40:07 / May 6, 2025 @ 1:40 am. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:40:07 / 1:40 am (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Bourg-de-Péage, Lancy, Corbas. Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Grenoble (c. 158 600 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Chambéry (c. 61 600 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Annecy (c. 49 200 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from Saint-Priest (c. 41 600 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Saint-Martin-d’Hères (c. 35 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, France (c. 64 768 000 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 occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 6 km W of Chapareillan, France.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 5.9087° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 45.4673° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 6 km W of Chapareillan, France Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-06 01:40:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-06 02:35:42 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 168 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.982 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.73 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 102 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 us7000pxek Id of event.
Event Code 7000pxek An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pxek, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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