Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.4 on date 18-12-1990 and time 00:34:45 (Italy) in region Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA)

A magnitude M 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Confine Italia Svizzera (SVIZZERA), on

  • 17-12-1990 23:34:45 (UTC)
  • 18-12-1990 00:34:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 46.1250, 7.6490 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.

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An earthquake occurred to
97 Km W of Varese (80799 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
M 2.4 1990-12-17
23:34:45
46.125 7.649 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 132609
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-12-17 23:34:45 ± 0.362
Latitude 46.1250 ± 0.0305
Longitude 7.6490 ± 0.0214
Depth (km) 9 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 132609

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) 3768.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 116
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00146
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01619
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

M:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 132609
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:42:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BSF.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:40.60 10.0 undecidable manual SN 341 1.7982 1.43 0
--.BSF.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 341 1.7982 2.45 0
--.SAX.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:17.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 45 1.6095 3.29 0
--.SLE.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:15.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 18 1.7316 -0.56 0.8
--.FEL.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:15.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 7 1.7649 -0.98 0.4
--.LPG.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 225 0.8769 -1.1 0.1
--.ZLA.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:12.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 19 1.443 1.19 0.2
--.LLS.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:07.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 51 1.1766 -0.84 0.6
--.LPG.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:03.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 225 0.8769 0.47 1.2
--.TMA.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:02.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.8436 -0.25 1.4
--.RSL.Z. 1990-12-17T23:35:02.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 238 0.8214 -0.18 1.4
--.EMS.Z. 1990-12-17T23:34:55.90 10.0 negative manual PG 263 0.4995 -0.2 2.9
--.MMK.Z. 1990-12-17T23:34:51.50 10.0 negative manual PG 108 0.222 0.39 2.5
--.DIX.Z. 1990-12-17T23:34:50.30 10.0 positive manual PG 254 0.1665 0.41 2.4
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