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Small 3.3 quake hits near Nimes, Gard, Occitanie, France

Published: 13 December 2025
Categories: Global Earthquake Activity

RSS feed source: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program

Saturday, Dec 13, 2025 09:46 | 8 hours ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor

France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) reported a magnitude 3.3 quake in France near Nimes, Gard, Occitanie, only 7 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the morning on Saturday, December 13th, 2025, at 10:38 am local time at a very shallow depth of 5. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 3.2.
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 Saint-Gervasy (pop. 1,600) located 2 km from the epicenter, and Nimes (pop. 148,200) 9 km away.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Arles (pop. 53,400) located 24 km from the epicenter, Avignon (pop. 89,800) 29 km away, Lunel (pop. 26,600) 34 km away, and Bagnols-sur-Ceze (pop. 19,600) 36 km away. In Ales (pop. 42,400, 43 km away), and Montpellier (pop. 248,300,

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