Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-03-1993 and time 03:05:22 (UTC) in region 7 km SE Volterra (PI)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 7 km SE Volterra (PI), on

  • 21-03-1993 03:05:22 (UTC)
  • 21-03-1993 04:05:22 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 43.3640, 10.9290 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 7 10519 10519
Pomarance PI 8 5897 16416
Casole d'Elsa SI 10 3897 20313
Radicondoli SI 15 914 21227
Montecatini Val di Cecina PI 15 1749 22976
San Gimignano SI 15 7820 30796
Colle di Val d'Elsa SI 17 21620 52416
Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina PI 18 2231 54647
Gambassi Terme FI 20 4870 59517

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Siena (53903 inhabitants)
49 Km SW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
54 Km E of Livorno (159219 inhabitants)
58 Km SE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
59 Km S of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
63 Km S of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Grosseto (82087 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Arezzo (99543 inhabitants)
78 Km SE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Massa (69479 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
Md 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1993-03-21
03:05:22
43.364 10.929 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 182049
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-03-21 03:05:22 ± 0.366
Latitude 43.3640 ± 0.0211
Longitude 10.9290 ± 0.0158
Depth (km) 10 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 182049

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) 2676.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 217
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00413
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01158
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 182049
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:50:51

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 182049
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
--.ZC9.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:55.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 1 0.9768 -0.29 0.4
--.SFI.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 50 0.8547 0.54 0.1
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 47 0.7659 0.38 0.3
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 70 0.777 -1.1 0
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:47.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.7326 0.18 0.6
--.ASS.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 102 1.2876 0.19 1
--.ZC9.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:41.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 1 0.9768 0.34 0.8
--.SFI.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:39.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 50 0.8547 0.03 1.6
--.PII.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:38.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 320 0.4551 -0.16 0.6
--.PGD.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 47 0.7659 0.1 1.6
--.CRE.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:37.57 10.0 positive manual PG 70 0.777 -0.1 3.1
--.BDI.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:36.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.7326 0.08 1.6
--.PII.Z. 1993-03-21T03:05:31.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.4551 -0.18 1.4
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