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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 16-09-1995 and time 04:41:26 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra nord occidentale (Cosenza), on

  • 16-09-1995 04:41:26 (UTC)
  • 16-09-1995 06:41:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.6640, 15.8300 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Diamante CS 2 5329 5329
Buonvicino CS 6 2247 7576
Belvedere Marittimo CS 6 9371 16947
Maierà CS 6 1224 18171
Grisolia CS 7 2249 20420
Santa Maria del Cedro CS 10 4954 25374
Sangineto CS 10 1338 26712
Bonifati CS 11 2858 29570
Verbicaro CS 12 3056 32626
Sant'Agata di Esaro CS 14 1890 34516
Scalea CS 16 10913 45429
Orsomarso CS 17 1265 46694
San Sosti CS 17 2185 48879
Santa Domenica Talao CS 18 1263 50142
Cetraro CS 19 10128 60270
San Donato di Ninea CS 20 1360 61630

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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
ML-VAX 1.6 		1995-09-16
04:41:26		 39.664 15.83 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 232669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-09-16 04:41:26 ± 0.224
Latitude 39.6640 ± 0.0119
Longitude 15.8300 ± 0.0194
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 232669

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) 2122.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 183
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
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) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00874
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 232669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:40:17

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 232669
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
--.SGO.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 336 0.9657 -1.91 0
--.ORI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 50 0.5994 0.49 0.4
--.SGO.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 336 0.9657 0.69 0.5
--.ROI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:45.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 99 0.5661 -0.9 0.1
--.MGR.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:44.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 336 0.5106 0 0.6
--.CZI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:44.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 152 0.4995 -0.04 0.6
--.ACI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:41.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 137 0.4218 0.33 0.5
--.CSI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:40.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 71 0.3663 0.14 0.6
--.SL9.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:40.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 348 0.7326 -0.26 1.1
--.TDS.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 90 0.3885 -0.5 0.4
--.MMN.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:38.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 28 0.2553 2.68 0
--.ORI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:38.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 50 0.5994 -0.44 1
--.CZI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:36.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 152 0.4995 -0.17 1.5
--.MGR.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:36.75 10.0 negative manual PG 336 0.5106 -0.01 3.1
--.ROI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:36.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 99 0.5661 -0.82 0.5
--.TDS.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:35.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.3885 0.6 0.8
--.ACI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:35.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 137 0.4218 0.15 2.9
--.CSI.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:34.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.3663 0.07 3
--.MMN.Z. 1995-09-16T04:41:32.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 28 0.2553 0.94 0.3
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