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Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.1 on date 09-04-1992 and time 02:53:50 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Vernante (CN)

A magnitude M 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Vernante (CN), on

  • 09-04-1992 02:53:50 (UTC)
  • 09-04-1992 04:53:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.2570, 7.5560 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Vernante CN 2 1178 1178
Robilante CN 6 2306 3484
Limone Piemonte CN 6 1485 4969
Roaschia CN 8 107 5076
Boves CN 8 9835 14911
Roccavione CN 9 2761 17672
Peveragno CN 10 5543 23215
Borgo San Dalmazzo CN 10 12468 35683
Chiusa di Pesio CN 12 3676 39359
Entracque CN 13 774 40133
Valdieri CN 13 935 41068
Roccasparvera CN 13 741 41809
Vignolo CN 13 2600 44409
Beinette CN 14 3423 47832
Gaiola CN 15 582 48414
Moiola CN 15 234 48648
Cuneo CN 15 56081 104729
Cervasca CN 16 5013 109742
Rittana CN 16 109 109851
Roccaforte Mondovì CN 17 2085 111936
Valloriate CN 17 109 112045
Bernezzo CN 18 4104 116149
Pianfei CN 18 2202 118351
Villanova Mondovì CN 19 5792 124143
Margarita CN 19 1441 125584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
52 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
84 Km S of Moncalieri (57294 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Asti (76202 inhabitants)
91 Km S of Torino (890529 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		M 2.1 1992-04-09
02:53:50		 44.257 7.556 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 162189
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-04-09 02:53:50 ± 0.155
Latitude 44.2570 ± 0.0107
Longitude 7.5560 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 162189

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1552.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00089
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01069
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

M:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 162189
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:48:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.LMR.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 219 1.1877 0.26 0.5
--.LRG.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:29.80 10.0 undecidable manual SN 227 1.1655 0.42 0.4
--.FRF.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:22.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 223 0.9546 -0.78 0.1
--.LMR.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:13.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 219 1.1877 0.53 0.7
--.LRG.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:13.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 227 1.1655 0.74 0.4
--.FRF.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:08.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 223 0.9546 -0.59 0.7
--.RSP.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:08.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.9213 -0.71 0.5
--.RRL.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:07.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.8547 -0.05 1.6
--.PCP.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:05.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 67 0.7548 0.04 1.7
--.BHB.Z. 1992-04-09T02:54:03.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.6105 0.02 1.8
--.PZZ.Z. 1992-04-09T02:53:59.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 307 0.3996 0.24 1.5
--.IMI.Z. 1992-04-09T02:53:58.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 144 0.4218 -0.66 0.6
--.ROB.Z. 1992-04-09T02:53:56.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 78 0.222 0.44 1.1
--.STV.Z. 1992-04-09T02:53:54.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 267 0.1554 0.04 1.8
--.ENR.Z. 1992-04-09T02:53:53.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 252 0.0999 -0.03 1.8
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