Event characteristics This information has been confirmed by a seismologist.
NEAR SOUTH COAST OF FRANCE ORID : 259045
08/05/11 16 Arrivals 4 Iterations RMS : 0.12 Type :eq
Origin time: 07:28:59. 2 ± 0.06
Latitude : 43.49 ± 0.4 1/2 Major Axis : 1.2 km
Longitude : 5.59 ± 0.4 1/2 Minor Axis : 0.6 km
Depth: 2. Azimuth mj Axis : 26.9 deg
ML : 1.60±0.38 of 5 MD : 1.86±0.04 of 3
Location in relation to nearby cities 1 km E of CHATEAUNEUF-LE-ROUGE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (1300 residents)
2 km WNW of ROUSSET (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (2900 residents)
4 km NNE of FUVEAU (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (6400 residents)
12 km ESE of AIX-EN-PROVENCE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (123800 residents)