Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-08-1991 and time 19:39:53 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Castel Guelfo di Bologna (BO)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Castel Guelfo di Bologna (BO), on

  • 15-08-1991 17:39:53 (UTC)
  • 15-08-1991 19:39:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4530, 11.6590 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
Castel Guelfo di Bologna BO 3 4455 4455
Medicina BO 3 16739 21194
Castel San Pietro Terme BO 8 20811 42005
Dozza BO 11 6652 48657
Imola BO 12 69797 118454
Mordano BO 14 4760 123214
Massa Lombarda RA 14 10653 133867
Budrio BO 14 18412 152279
Ozzano dell'Emilia BO 14 13596 165875
Bagnara di Romagna RA 15 2429 168304
Conselice RA 15 9856 178160
Sant'Agata sul Santerno RA 16 2862 181022
Castenaso BO 16 14925 195947
Casalfiumanese BO 18 3438 199385
Solarolo RA 18 4488 203873
Castel Bolognese RA 19 9554 213427
Molinella BO 19 15797 229224

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
40 Km NW of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
43 Km S of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Ravenna (159116 inhabitants)
58 Km NW of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
70 Km S of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
71 Km SE of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Scandicci (50609 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
ML-VAX 2.3
1991-08-15
17:39:53
44.453 11.659 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 147439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-15 17:39:53 ± 0.354
Latitude 44.4530 ± 0.0187
Longitude 11.6590 ± 0.0327
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 147439

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) 3329.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 165
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00502
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01433
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 147439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:17:37

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 147439
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
--.CTI.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:41.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 359 1.5873 -0.63 0.4
--.PII.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 228 1.0878 -1.26 0.2
--.CRE.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:24.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 165 0.8547 0.79 0.5
--.CTI.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:22.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 359 1.5873 0.82 0.8
--.MME.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 249 0.7326 0.81 0.5
--.PGD.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 175 0.5772 1.27 0.2
--.SFI.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:14.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 166 0.555 0.25 0.9
--.PII.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 228 1.0878 -0.82 1
--.CRE.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:10.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 165 0.8547 -0.5 1.8
--.MME.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:08.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 249 0.7326 0.3 2.1
--.PGD.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:05.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 175 0.5772 -0.13 2.2
--.SFI.Z. 1991-08-15T17:40:04.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 166 0.555 -0.68 1.4
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