Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 19-02-1991 and time 21:12:25 (Italy) in region 8 km NW Maissana (SP)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NW Maissana (SP), on

  • 19-02-1991 20:12:25 (UTC)
  • 19-02-1991 21:12:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4070, 9.4930 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
Maissana SP 8 616 616
Borzonasca GE 9 2049 2665
Varese Ligure SP 9 2059 4724
Mezzanego GE 10 1537 6261
Ne GE 10 2259 8520
Carasco GE 13 3733 12253
Tornolo PR 14 1010 13263
Cogorno GE 14 5676 18939
San Colombano Certenoli GE 15 2683 21622
Castiglione Chiavarese GE 15 1616 23238
Casarza Ligure GE 15 6826 30064
Leivi GE 15 2442 32506
Bedonia PR 16 3482 35988
Rezzoaglio GE 16 995 36983
Lavagna GE 16 12791 49774
Santo Stefano d'Aveto GE 16 1126 50900
Chiavari GE 17 27398 78298
Compiano PR 17 1112 79410
Sestri Levante GE 17 18578 97988
Albareto PR 17 2156 100144
Orero GE 17 565 100709
Carro SP 18 545 101254
Lorsica GE 18 468 101722
Coreglia Ligure GE 18 285 102007
Moneglia GE 19 2809 104816
Sesta Godano SP 19 1377 106193
Favale di Malvaro GE 19 466 106659
Zoagli GE 19 2472 109131

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
74 Km S of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Savona (61345 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
89 Km SE of Alessandria (93943 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.0
1991-02-19
20:12:25
44.407 9.493 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 136159
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-02-19 20:12:25 ± 0.919
Latitude 44.4070 ± 0.0440
Longitude 9.4930 ± 0.0923
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 136159

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) 8819.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 222
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00324
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01238
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 136159
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:06:57

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 136159
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
--.MDI.Z. 1991-02-19T20:13:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 6 1.3764 -0.47 0.5
--.PII.Z. 1991-02-19T20:13:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 132 1.0101 -0.09 0.8
--.BDI.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:56.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 0.8547 0.13 0.8
--.MDI.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:52.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 6 1.3764 1.09 0.6
--.PII.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 132 1.0101 -1.2 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.8547 0.52 1.6
--.MME.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:44.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 103 0.8769 0.19 2
--.BOB.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:38.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 354 0.3552 -1.41 0.1
--.BOB.Z. 1991-02-19T20:12:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 354 0.3552 0.04 2
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