Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 21-11-1998 and time 09:27:15 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Siena (SI)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Siena (SI), on

  • 21-11-1998 08:27:15 (UTC)
  • 21-11-1998 09:27:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.3290, 11.3250 at 9 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
Siena SI 1 53903 53903
Sovicille SI 9 10116 64019
Monteriggioni SI 11 9810 73829
Monteroni d'Arbia SI 13 9088 82917
Castelnuovo Berardenga SI 15 9097 92014
Castellina in Chianti SI 16 2859 94873
Gaiole in Chianti SI 18 2758 97631
Radda in Chianti SI 18 1613 99244
Murlo SI 19 2389 101633
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 20 21620 123253

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
1 Km NW of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
64 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Perugia (166134 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 2.5 1998-11-21
08:27:15
43.329 11.325 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 355139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-11-21 08:27:15 ± 0.416
Latitude 43.3290 ± 0.0199
Longitude 11.3250 ± 0.0124
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 355139

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) 2429.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 247
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00130
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00623
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 355139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:32:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PII.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.6882 -0.3 0.5
--.SFI.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 33 0.6882 0.08 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 57 0.5328 -0.13 0.7
--.PII.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.6882 0.08 1.7
--.SFI.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.6882 0.81 0.3
--.CRE.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 57 0.5328 -0.43 0.9
--.CSNT.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 350 0.1443 -0.14 1.1
--.CSNT.Z. 1998-11-21T08:27:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 350 0.1443 0.07 2.1
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