Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 14-07-1991 and time 00:38:23 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Castellina in Chianti (SI)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Castellina in Chianti (SI), on

  • 14-07-1991 00:38:23 (UTC)
  • 14-07-1991 02:38:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4420, 11.3260 at 10 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
Castellina in Chianti SI 5 2859 2859
Radda in Chianti SI 6 1613 4472
Gaiole in Chianti SI 9 2758 7230
Monteriggioni SI 10 9810 17040
Siena SI 14 53903 70943
Poggibonsi SI 15 29196 100139
Greve in Chianti FI 16 13862 114001
Cavriglia AR 16 9614 123615
Barberino Val d'Elsa FI 17 4386 128001
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 17 21620 149621
Castelnuovo Berardenga SI 18 9097 158718
Tavarnelle Val di Pesa FI 18 7800 166518
Sovicille SI 20 10116 176634

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km N of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
37 Km SE of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
52 Km SE of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
80 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Viareggio (62467 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 2.4 1991-07-14
00:38:23
43.442 11.326 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 145379
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-07-14 00:38:23 ± 0.526
Latitude 43.4420 ± 0.0372
Longitude 11.3260 ± 0.0193
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 145379

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) 4420.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 227
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00437
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00729
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 145379
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:15:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:51.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 320 0.8103 -0.05 0.7
--.PII.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:44.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.6327 -0.92 0.2
--.SFI.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:43.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 39 0.5883 -0.33 0.7
--.CRE.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:39.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 68 0.4884 -1.36 0
--.BDI.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:39.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.8103 0.37 1.4
--.PII.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:36.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.6327 -0.13 2
--.SFI.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:36.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 39 0.5883 0.74 0.9
--.CRE.Z. 1991-07-14T00:38:33.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 68 0.4884 0.09 2
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