Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 22-03-1993 and time 20:53:54 (Italy) in region 6 km SE Volterra (PI)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SE Volterra (PI), on

  • 22-03-1993 19:53:54 (UTC)
  • 22-03-1993 20:53:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.3720, 10.9250 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Volterra PI 6 10519 10519
Pomarance PI 9 5897 16416
Casole d'Elsa SI 10 3897 20313
San Gimignano SI 14 7820 28133
Montecatini Val di Cecina PI 14 1749 29882
Radicondoli SI 16 914 30796
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 17 21620 52416
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina PI 18 2231 54647
Gambassi Terme FI 19 4870 59517
Lajatico PI 20 1336 60853

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.1 1993-03-22
19:53:54
43.372 10.925 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 182379
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-03-22 19:53:54 ± 1.089
Latitude 43.3720 ± 0.0760
Longitude 10.9250 ± 0.0398
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 182379

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) 9042.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 249
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00405
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00704
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 182379
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:51:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:22.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 48 0.7659 1.13 0.1
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:20.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 70 0.777 -1.22 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:19.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.7326 -0.95 0.2
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:10.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 48 0.7659 0.15 1.7
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:10.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 70 0.777 -0.04 1.7
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:09.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.7326 0.32 1.5
--.PII.Z. 1993-03-22T19:54:04.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.444 -0.03 1.8
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