Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 19-08-1996 and time 02:12:03 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Bagnara Calabra (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Bagnara Calabra (RC), on

  • 19-08-1996 00:12:03 (UTC)
  • 19-08-1996 02:12:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2750, 15.8060 at 40 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
Bagnara Calabra RC 1 10255 10255
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 5 4120 14375
Sinopoli RC 6 2089 16464
MelicuccĂ  RC 7 930 17394
San Procopio RC 7 534 17928
Scilla RC 8 4964 22892
Seminara RC 9 2811 25703
San Roberto RC 9 1750 27453
Palmi RC 10 18930 46383
Delianuova RC 11 3352 49735
Cosoleto RC 11 859 50594
Scido RC 12 931 51525
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 12 1263 52788
Fiumara RC 12 1018 53806
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 12 343 54149
Laganadi RC 12 413 54562
Calanna RC 13 934 55496
Campo Calabro RC 14 4536 60032
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 15 929 60961
Oppido Mamertina RC 16 5332 66293
Villa San Giovanni RC 16 13784 80077
Varapodio RC 16 2160 82237
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 18 523 82760
Gioia Tauro RC 19 19864 102624

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
24 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.5
ML-VAX 1.6
1996-08-19
00:12:03
38.275 15.806 40 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 251219
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-08-19 00:12:03 ± 0.566
Latitude 38.2750 ± 0.0362
Longitude 15.8060 ± 0.0437
Depth (km) 40 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 251219

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) 5544.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00842
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 251219
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:57:39

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 251219
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
--.GRI.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:27.15 10.0 undecidable manual S 41 0.7215 -0.27 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:19.71 10.0 undecidable manual P 290 0.8103 1.34 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:19.65 10.0 undecidable manual P 248 0.9324 -0.4 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:18.83 10.0 undecidable manual S 135 0.2775 1.22 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:18.83 10.0 undecidable manual S 197 0.2775 1.11 0.2
--.GRI.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:17.26 10.0 undecidable manual P 41 0.7215 0.05 1
--.SC9.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:15.76 10.0 undecidable manual S 255 0.0666 0.83 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:11.13 10.0 negative manual P 135 0.2775 -0.42 2.3
--.MO9.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:11.20 10.0 negative manual P 197 0.2775 -0.41 2.3
--.SC9.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:09.59 10.0 positive manual P 255 0.0666 -0.42 2.3
--.MSI.Z. 1996-08-19T00:12:09.95 10.0 positive manual P 249 0.2109 -0.91 1.2
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