Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.2 on date 17-05-1991 and time 13:22:51 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

A magnitude M 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia), on

  • 17-05-1991 11:22:51 (UTC)
  • 17-05-1991 13:22:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9020, 7.5120 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Olivetta San Michele IM 2 211 211
Airole IM 5 407 618
Rocchetta Nervina IM 7 298 916
Isolabona IM 11 679 1595
Dolceacqua IM 11 2074 3669
Apricale IM 12 629 4298
Pigna IM 13 859 5157
Castel Vittorio IM 13 287 5444
Camporosso IM 13 5632 11076
Perinaldo IM 14 870 11946
Soldano IM 14 977 12923
San Biagio della Cima IM 14 1329 14252
Ventimiglia IM 15 24310 38562
Vallebona IM 16 1310 39872
Vallecrosia IM 16 6956 46828
Bajardo IM 17 312 47140
Seborga IM 17 315 47455
Bordighera IM 19 10469 57924
Ospedaletti IM 20 3367 61291

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km W of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
55 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Savona (61345 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
M 2.2 1991-05-17
11:22:51
43.902 7.512 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 141329
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-05-17 11:22:51 ± 0.225
Latitude 43.9020 ± 0.0145
Longitude 7.5120 ± 0.0243
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 141329

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) 2526.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00057
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01554
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitude information

M:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 141329
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 09:48:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.LPG.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:24.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 341 1.6761 3.4 0
--.LRG.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:24.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 242 0.9435 0.32 0.5
--.LMR.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:23.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 232 0.9213 0.07 0.6
--.PGF.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:20.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 140 1.7205 -1.27 0.1
--.FRF.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:16.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 241 0.7104 0 0.7
--.PCP.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:11.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 48 0.9657 0.52 1.1
--.LMR.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:10.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 232 0.9213 0.09 1.5
--.LRG.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:10.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 242 0.9435 -0.05 1.6
--.BHB.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:09.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 349 0.9435 -1.07 0.3
--.FRF.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:06.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 241 0.7104 0.47 1.2
--.FIN.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:05.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 58 0.5883 1.23 0.2
--.PZZ.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:05.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 334 0.666 -0.01 1.8
--.ROB.Z. 1991-05-17T11:23:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 32 0.4662 -0.26 1.6
--.STV.Z. 1991-05-17T11:22:59.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 339 0.3663 0.03 1.8
--.ENR.Z. 1991-05-17T11:22:59.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 348 0.3219 0.07 1.7
--.SBF.Z. 1991-05-17T11:22:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 235 0.0666 -0.16 0.7
--.SBF.Z. 1991-05-17T11:22:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 235 0.0666 -0.33 1.6
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