Event characteristics This information has been confirmed by a seismologist.
GERMANY ORID : 252877
23/12/10 47 Arrivals 4 Iterations RMS : 0.95 Type :eq
Origin time: 05:52:46. 8 ± 0.09
Latitude : 49.99 ± 0.7 1/2 Major Axis : 2.0 km
Longitude : 8.22 ± 1.2 1/2 Minor Axis : 1.7 km
Depth: 10. (Imposed) Azimuth mj Axis : 105.8 deg
ML : 3.27±0.23 of 18 MD : 3.41±0.28 of 2
Location in relation to nearby cities 3 km WSW of MAINZ (GERMANY) (180000 residents)
8 km SSW of WIESBADEN (GERMANY) (261000 residents)
33 km WNW of DARMSTADT (GERMANY) (139000 residents)
107 km N of WISSEMBOURG (BAS-RHIN) (7400 residents)