Event characteristics This information has been confirmed by a seismologist.
NEAR SOUTH COAST OF FRANCE ORID : 258108
09/04/11 18 Arrivals 4 Iterations RMS : 0.66 Type :eq
Origin time: 12:53:23.81 ± 0.22
Latitude : 43.50 ± 1.3 1/2 Major Axis : 3.8 km
Longitude : 5.57 ± 1.4 1/2 Minor Axis : 2.1 km
Depth: 2. Azimuth mj Axis : 31.6 deg
ML : 1.50±0.18 of 6 MD : 1.80±0.05 of 3
Location in relation to nearby cities 1 km N of CHATEAUNEUF-LE-ROUGE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (1300 residents)
4 km WNW of ROUSSET (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (2900 residents)
4 km N of FUVEAU (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (6400 residents)
10 km ESE of AIX-EN-PROVENCE (BOUCHES-DU-RHONE) (123800 residents)