Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 14-03-1996 and time 20:08:57 (UTC) in region 7 km E Accumoli (RI)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Accumoli (RI), on

  • 14-03-1996 20:08:57 (UTC)
  • 14-03-1996 21:08:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.7120, 13.3300 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Accumoli RI 7 667 667
Arquata del Tronto AP 7 1178 1845
Acquasanta Terme AP 9 2916 4761
Amatrice RI 10 2657 7418
Valle Castellana TE 14 977 8395
Montegallo AP 15 523 8918
Rocca Santa Maria TE 16 537 9455
Cittareale RI 17 482 9937
Campotosto AQ 17 542 10479
Cortino TE 18 656 11135

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
40 Km N of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 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 2.3 1996-03-14
20:08:57
42.712 13.33 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 242589
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-03-14 20:08:57 ± 0.255
Latitude 42.7120 ± 0.0116
Longitude 13.3300 ± 0.0237
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 242589

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) 2322.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00324
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00955
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 242589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SDI.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:33.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 160 1.0656 -0.28 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:28.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.8214 1.17 0
--.SDI.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:18.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 160 1.0656 -0.11 1.5
--.FB9.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 1.0545 0.06 1.6
--.MNS.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:18.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 235 0.5772 -0.4 0.5
--.ARV.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.8214 -0.79 0.4
--.ASS.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:10.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 305 0.5994 0.16 0
--.AQU.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:10.94 10.0 undecidable manual SG 171 0.3552 -0.27 0.6
--.MNS.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:09.64 10.0 positive manual PG 235 0.5772 0.09 3.8
--.AQU.Z. 1996-03-14T20:09:05.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.3552 0.55 1
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