Earthquake with magnitude of M 2.0 on date 23-08-1991 and time 05:46:40 (Italy) in region NE Sanremo (IM)

A magnitude M 2.0 earthquake occured in region: NE Sanremo (IM), on

  • 23-08-1991 03:46:40 (UTC)
  • 23-08-1991 05:46:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.8240, 7.7900 at 17 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
Sanremo IM 0 54807 54807
Taggia IM 5 14116 68923
Ospedaletti IM 6 3367 72290
Ceriana IM 7 1250 73540
Riva Ligure IM 8 2910 76450
Seborga IM 8 315 76765
Castellaro IM 8 1256 78021
Pompeiana IM 9 823 78844
Santo Stefano al Mare IM 9 2197 81041
Terzorio IM 9 216 81257
Vallebona IM 10 1310 82567
Perinaldo IM 10 870 83437
Bordighera IM 11 10469 93906
Bajardo IM 11 312 94218
Soldano IM 11 977 95195
San Biagio della Cima IM 11 1329 96524
Badalucco IM 11 1136 97660
Pietrabruna IM 12 501 98161
Apricale IM 12 629 98790
Vallecrosia IM 12 6956 105746
Cipressa IM 12 1290 107036
Montalto Ligure IM 13 377 107413
Costarainera IM 13 828 108241
Camporosso IM 13 5632 113873
Dolceacqua IM 14 2074 115947
Isolabona IM 14 679 116626
Civezza IM 14 609 117235
San Lorenzo al Mare IM 14 1297 118532
Ventimiglia IM 15 24310 142842
Castel Vittorio IM 15 287 143129
Pigna IM 16 859 143988
Dolcedo IM 16 1415 145403
Carpasio IM 16 168 145571
PrelĂ  IM 17 503 146074
Rocchetta Nervina IM 17 298 146372
Vasia IM 18 389 146761
Molini di Triora IM 19 617 147378
Triora IM 19 355 147733
Airole IM 20 407 148140

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
0 Km NE of Sanremo (54807 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Cuneo (56081 inhabitants)
77 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 2.0 1991-08-23
03:46:40
43.824 7.79 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 148009
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-23 03:46:40 ± 0.103
Latitude 43.8240 ± 0.0075
Longitude 7.7900 ± 0.0032
Depth (km) 17 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 148009

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) 876.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 281
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
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01238
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

M:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 148009
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
--.RSP.Z. 1991-08-23T03:47:04.67 10.0 undecidable manual PN 344 1.3764 0.02 0.8
--.BHB.Z. 1991-08-23T03:47:00.53 10.0 undecidable manual PN 339 1.0656 0.04 0.9
--.PCP.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:57.94 10.0 undecidable manual PN 36 0.888 -0.08 0.8
--.PZZ.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:57.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 324 0.8325 0 1.1
--.STV.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:51.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 322 0.5439 -0.03 1.2
--.ROB.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:50.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 7 0.4773 -0.05 1.1
--.FIN.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:50.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 37 0.4884 0.1 0.8
--.ENR.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:50.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 326 0.4773 0.03 1.2
--.IMI.Z. 1991-08-23T03:46:44.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 40 0.111 -0.02 1.2
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