Event characteristics This information has been confirmed by a seismologist.
NEAR SOUTH COAST OF FRANCE ORID : 258107
09/04/11 24 Arrivals 4 Iterations RMS : 0.95 Type :eq
Origin time: 12:47:56. 5 ± 0.14
Latitude : 43.49 ± 0.9 1/2 Major Axis : 2.4 km
Longitude : 5.55 ± 1.0 1/2 Minor Axis : 1.8 km
Depth: 2. Azimuth mj Axis : 15.1 deg
ML : 2.24±0.29 of 9 MD : 2.10±0.02 of 3
Location in relation to nearby cities 1 km W of CHATEAUNEUF-LE-ROUGE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (1300 residents)
3 km NNW of FUVEAU (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (6400 residents)
4 km E of MEYREUIL (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (3800 residents)
9 km ESE of AIX-EN-PROVENCE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (123800 residents)