Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 16-09-1991 and time 05:42:29 (Italy) in region 5 km N Sansepolcro (AR)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km N Sansepolcro (AR), on

  • 16-09-1991 03:42:29 (UTC)
  • 16-09-1991 05:42:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.6200, 12.1370 at 5 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
Sansepolcro AR 6 15884 15884
San Giustino PG 9 11297 27181
Pieve Santo Stefano AR 9 3183 30364
Badia Tedalda AR 11 1087 31451
Anghiari AR 11 5638 37089
Caprese Michelangelo AR 12 1426 38515
Citerna PG 14 3531 42046
Borgo Pace PU 14 606 42652
Monterchi AR 15 1757 44409
Sestino AR 16 1355 45764
Mercatello sul Metauro PU 17 1378 47142
Chiusi della Verna AR 19 2023 49165
Casteldelci RN 19 407 49572
CittĂ  di Castello PG 20 39913 89485

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km NE of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Cesena (96758 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Rimini (147750 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Perugia (166134 inhabitants)
68 Km S of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Pesaro (94582 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Fano (60888 inhabitants)
77 Km S of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Foligno (57155 inhabitants)
88 Km SE of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
88 Km E of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
89 Km S of Ravenna (159116 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 2.1 1991-09-16
03:42:29
43.62 12.137 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 149349
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-09-16 03:42:29 ± 0.254
Latitude 43.6200 ± 0.0194
Longitude 12.1370 ± 0.0174
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 149349

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) 2571.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 137
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00599
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 149349
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:19:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ARV.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:50.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 101 0.5883 -0.57 0.2
--.ASS.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:44.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 145 0.666 1.08 0.2
--.SFI.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:43.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 323 0.3552 0.35 0.4
--.ARV.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:41.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 101 0.5883 -0.39 0.9
--.SFI.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:37.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 323 0.3552 0.13 1.6
--.CRE.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:34.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 269 0.1221 -0.38 0.5
--.CRE.Z. 1991-09-16T03:42:32.90 10.0 positive manual PG 269 0.1221 -0.13 3.2
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