Disaster Report: M 4.7 Moderate Earthquake Jolts France. The Earthquake Was Felt In Vast Area.
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UPDATE February 27; 16:45 UTC
M 4.0 moderate earthquake recorded in France again with epicenter located 3 km NW La condamine-châtelard. Weak shaking will have felt as far as Nice. Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721!
16:31 UTC (local time 17:31; 2012/02/27 @ epicenter)
UPDATE
No any damage reported
M 4.7 moderate very shallow earthquake in France (@ 3 km depth) with epicenter located just 5 km E Crévoux (French Southern Alps). Moderate to light shaking will have felt above epicenter. The earthquake tremor was felt in different parts of France, Italy and Monaco. Some reported it be felt as far as Ostwald city of France.As Helen writes Disaster Report through felt reports form from France, "The bed trembled. felt by both myself and my husband. Lasted for around 15 secs"
22:37 UTC (local time Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:37 PM @ epicenter)
Epicenter Location
92 km SW of Torino, Italy
102 km SE of Grenoble, France
107 km NNW of Nice, France
582 km SE of PARIS, France
Epicenter Overview: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a mountainous region with peaks over 10,000 feet (3,000 m) close to the Italian border.It is surrounded by the French departments of Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Var, Vaucluse, and Drôme, as well as Italy source wikipediaCategory: Earthquakes in France February 27, 2012
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