Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 14-03-1996 and time 12:08:34 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 14-03-1996 12:08:34 (UTC)
  • 14-03-1996 13:08:34 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7120, 15.4520 at 5 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
47 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.2
1996-03-14
12:08:34
37.712 15.452 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 242559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-03-14 12:08:34 ± 0.197
Latitude 37.7120 ± 0.0164
Longitude 15.4520 ± 0.0271
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 242559

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) 2999.4
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 18
Number of defining phases 18
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) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02177
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 242559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:35

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 242559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MGR.Z. 1996-03-14T12:09:13.38 10.0 undecidable manual PN 1 2.4198 -1.36 0.1
--.MEU.Z. 1996-03-14T12:09:01.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 219 0.777 -0.84 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1996-03-14T12:09:01.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 211 0.7659 -0.39 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:58.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 290 0.6327 0.96 0.3
--.GIB.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:57.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 284 1.1544 -0.35 1.1
--.SOI.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:55.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 52 0.5883 -1.59 0
--.SC9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:55.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 20 0.5772 -0.7 0.4
--.GMB.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:54.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 33 0.5439 -0.25 0.6
--.AU9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 202 0.4884 0.7 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:50.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 219 0.777 -0.36 1.4
--.PZI.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:50.59 10.0 positive manual PG 211 0.7659 0.08 3.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:49.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 33 0.3441 1.46 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:48.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 290 0.6327 0.1 1.6
--.SC9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:47.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 20 0.5772 -0.07 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:47.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 52 0.5883 -0.28 1.5
--.AU9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 202 0.4884 0.6 1
--.GMB.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:46.26 10.0 positive manual PG 33 0.5439 -0.09 3.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-03-14T12:08:43.43 10.0 positive manual PG 33 0.3441 1.04 1.1
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