Small earthquake of magnitude 3.6 just reported 3 km northwest of Strasbourg, France
Fri, 22 Jan 2021, 18:53 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
3.6 quake 22 Jan 7:33 pm (GMT +1)
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.5.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Mittelhausbergen (pop. 1,800) located 2 km from the epicenter, Schiltigheim (pop. 32,300) 3 km away, Strasbourg (pop. 274,800) 3 km away, Bischheim (pop. 17,400) 4 km away, Hœnheim (pop. 10,900) 4 km away, Souffelweyersheim (pop. 6,300) 5 km away, Lingolsheim (pop. 17,300) 5 km away, Ostwald (pop. 11,300) 6 km away, and Illkirch-Graffenstaden (pop. 27,300) 8 km away.
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Earthquake data:
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Date & time: 22 Jan 2021 7:33 pm (GMT +1) local time (22 Jan 2021 18:33 GMT)
Magnitude: 3.6
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 48.6°N / 7.71°E (Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France)
Primary data source: GFZ
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