In a few days, the earth shook several times in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var. Breaking a ten-year-old record in the process.
A few days after an earthquake that started from Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye in the valley of the same name, on Monday December 9, (4.3 on the Richter scale)it was around 10:20 p.m. this Monday, December 16, when a tremor magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scaleaccording to the Sismoazur laboratory, was felt on a large part of the coastline.
The epicenter, at a depth of 2 km, was this time located at sea, about thirty kilometers from Nice or Monaco.
In a few minutes, an influx of testimonies from residents of Nice, Roquefort-les-Pins, Grasse, Tourrettes-sur-Loup, Pégomas, Eze, Beausoleil, Antibes, Mouans-Sartoux, Cagnes-sur-Mer, Menton, Vence… but also from the Var (Montauroux, Draguignan) or of Italy (Bordighera), flooded into the mailboxes of Nice-Matin and Var-Matin.
The path of the shock wave visible on a map
This Tuesday, December 17, a card released on the website of the Central Bureau of French Seismology (BCSF) confirms that many points in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var may well have felt this seismic movement.
On this map below, we see very clearly the potential path of the shock wave.
To understand everything about this map, here is its legend: en bluethe feeling of the earthquake of Monday December 16 was considered “very weak”. A hostil was considered “weak” by BCSF specialists. In yellow, it was “moderate” intensity..
Last October, another earthquake in the area had caught the attention of the Central Bureau of French Seismology.
On October 27, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 was recordedstill in Saint-Paul-sur-Ubaye by BCSF sensors.