Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.1 on date 26-07-1991 and time 04:45:32 (Italy) in region Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia)

A magnitude M 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Ligure Occidentale (Imperia), on

  • 26-07-1991 02:45:32 (UTC)
  • 26-07-1991 04:45:32 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.9370, 7.5100 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
Olivetta San Michele IM 6 211 211
Airole IM 8 407 618
Rocchetta Nervina IM 9 298 916
Isolabona IM 12 679 1595
Pigna IM 12 859 2454
Castel Vittorio IM 13 287 2741
Dolceacqua IM 13 2074 4815
Apricale IM 14 629 5444
Perinaldo IM 15 870 6314
Camporosso IM 17 5632 11946
Soldano IM 17 977 12923
Bajardo IM 17 312 13235
San Biagio della Cima IM 17 1329 14564
Ventimiglia IM 18 24310 38874
Vallebona IM 19 1310 40184
Seborga IM 19 315 40499
Vallecrosia IM 19 6956 47455

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NW of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
51 Km S of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
88 Km W 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 2.1 1991-07-26
02:45:32
43.937 7.51 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 146329
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-07-26 02:45:32 ± 0.103
Latitude 43.9370 ± 0.0071
Longitude 7.5100 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 146329

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) 1207.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00858
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

M:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 146329
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
--.LRG.Z. 1991-07-26T02:46:06.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 240 0.9546 0.56 0
--.LMR.Z. 1991-07-26T02:46:05.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.9324 0.16 0.5
--.FRF.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:58.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 239 0.7215 -0.17 0.5
--.LRG.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:52.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 240 0.9546 0.31 0.7
--.LMR.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:51.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 230 0.9324 -0.05 1.4
--.FRF.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:47.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 239 0.7215 -0.09 1.6
--.ROB.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:42.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 35 0.444 -0.11 1.8
--.STV.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:40.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 0.333 -0.04 1.9
--.IMI.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:39.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 95 0.2664 0.29 1
--.ENR.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:39.42 10.0 undecidable manual PG 347 0.2886 -0.06 1.9
--.SBF.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:37.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 215 0.0888 -0.54 0.1
--.SBF.Z. 1991-07-26T02:45:35.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 215 0.0888 -0.34 0.8
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