Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 20-03-1993 and time 19:19:30 (UTC) in region 9 km E Volterra (PI)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 9 km E Volterra (PI), on

  • 20-03-1993 19:19:30 (UTC)
  • 20-03-1993 20:19:30 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.4120, 10.9670 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
Volterra PI 9 10519 10519
San Gimignano SI 9 7820 18339
Casole d'Elsa SI 10 3897 22236
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 12 21620 43856
Gambassi Terme FI 14 4870 48726
Pomarance PI 14 5897 54623
Poggibonsi SI 16 29196 83819
Montaione FI 16 3700 87519
Certaldo FI 16 16121 103640
Montecatini Val di Cecina PI 18 1749 105389
Radicondoli SI 18 914 106303

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
42 Km SW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
61 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
77 Km SE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
96 Km SE of Massa (69479 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.5
1993-03-20
19:19:30
43.412 10.967 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 181969
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-03-20 19:19:30 ± 0.5
Latitude 43.4120 ± 0.0342
Longitude 10.9670 ± 0.0183
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 181969

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) 4077.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 240
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00397
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00720
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 181969
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:50:46

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 181969
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
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:55.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 49 0.7104 0.31 0.5
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:55.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 73 0.7326 -1.05 0
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:54.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 337 0.6993 -0.52 0.3
--.SFI.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:46.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 51 0.7992 0.25 1.3
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:45.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 73 0.7326 -0.1 1.6
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 49 0.7104 0.33 1.2
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:44.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 0.6993 0.17 1.6
--.PII.Z. 1993-03-20T19:19:39.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.444 -0.16 1.6
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