Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-03-1996 and time 23:57:41 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 15-03-1996 23:57:41 (UTC)
  • 16-03-1996 00:57:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3790, 15.4180 at 116 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 16 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 18 5021 13605
Venetico ME 18 3911 17516

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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
ML-VAX 1.8
1996-03-15
23:57:41
38.379 15.418 116 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 242719
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-03-15 23:57:41 ± 0.922
Latitude 38.3790 ± 0.0438
Longitude 15.4180 ± 0.1030
Depth (km) 116 ± 10 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 242719

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) 10213.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 213
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00235
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01578
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 242719
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:43

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 242719
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
--.SOI.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:13.40 10.0 undecidable manual S 121 0.5883 -0.3 0.4
--.MGR.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:12.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 3 1.7538 0.25 0.6
--.GMB.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 123 0.3774 0.81 0
--.MO9.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:12.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 150 0.4329 0.84 0
--.SC9.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:09.56 10.0 undecidable manual S 117 0.2553 -0.7 0.1
--.TDS.Z. 1996-03-15T23:58:08.74 10.0 undecidable manual P 29 1.4541 0.02 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1996-03-15T23:57:59.30 10.0 positive manual P 150 0.4329 0.02 2.8
--.SOI.Z. 1996-03-15T23:57:59.95 10.0 negative manual P 121 0.5883 -0.03 2.8
--.GMB.Z. 1996-03-15T23:57:58.75 10.0 undecidable manual P 123 0.3774 0.02 1.4
--.SC9.Z. 1996-03-15T23:57:57.74 10.0 positive manual P 117 0.2553 -0.46 1.1
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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