Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 18-01-1996 and time 03:10:42 (UTC) in region 5 km NW Scoppito (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NW Scoppito (AQ), on

  • 18-01-1996 03:10:42 (UTC)
  • 18-01-1996 04:10:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.4120, 13.2390 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
Scoppito AQ 5 3727 3727
Cagnano Amiterno AQ 6 1369 5096
Pizzoli AQ 6 4326 9422
Barete AQ 6 737 10159
Montereale AQ 13 2581 12740
Antrodoco RI 13 2588 15328
Capitignano AQ 13 665 15993
Borbona RI 14 617 16610
Tornimparte AQ 14 3187 19797
L'Aquila AQ 15 69753 89550
Borgo Velino RI 15 972 90522
Micigliano RI 16 127 90649
Lucoli AQ 16 1011 91660
Posta RI 17 694 92354
Castel Sant'Angelo RI 17 1308 93662
Fiamignano RI 19 1413 95075
Petrella Salto RI 19 1197 96272
Campotosto AQ 20 542 96814

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km W of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
51 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Viterbo (67173 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 2.0 1996-01-18
03:10:42
42.412 13.239 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 240349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-01-18 03:10:42 ± 0.309
Latitude 42.4120 ± 0.0391
Longitude 13.2390 ± 0.0527
Depth (km) 10 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 240349

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) 6127.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 149
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00696
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 240349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:47:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ASS.Z. 1996-01-18T03:11:08.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 326 0.777 -1.29 0
--.ASS.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:59.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 326 0.777 0.68 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:57.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 266 0.3996 -0.57 0.4
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:57.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 163 0.3996 -0.63 0.4
--.MNS.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:51.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 266 0.3996 0.07 1.7
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:51.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 163 0.3996 0.49 1.2
--.AQU.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:48.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 115 0.1221 -0.88 0.2
--.AQU.Z. 1996-01-18T03:10:46.40 10.0 negative manual PG 115 0.1221 0.05 3.5
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