Magnitude 2.8 FRANCE
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 14:02:02 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 2.8 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 44.86N 6.62E |
| Depth | 5 kilometers |
| Region | FRANCE |
| Distances |
80 km (50 miles) ESE of Grenoble, France 85 km (55 miles) WSW of Torino, Italy 135 km (85 miles) NNW of MONACO 555 km (345 miles) SE of PARIS, France |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution |
| Parameters | not available |
| Source | École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre, Strasbourg, France |
| Event ID | usvzgi |
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The official magnitude for this earthquake is indicated at the top of this page.
This was the best available estimate of the earthquake's size,
at the time that this page was created. Other magnitudes associated
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The boundaries of
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U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
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