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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 12-01-1996 and time 16:36:14 (Italy) in region 4 km SE San Calogero (VV)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE San Calogero (VV), on

  • 12-01-1996 15:36:14 (UTC)
  • 12-01-1996 16:36:14 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5370, 16.0400 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
San Calogero VV 5 4315 4315
Candidoni RC 5 416 4731
Serrata RC 6 845 5576
Laureana di Borrello RC 6 5174 10750
Limbadi VV 7 3695 14445
Rosarno RC 7 14841 29286
Rombiolo VV 8 4569 33855
Mileto VV 8 6763 40618
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 8 1695 42313
San Pietro di Caridà RC 8 1195 43508
Filandari VV 9 1853 45361
Nicotera VV 9 6290 51651
Dinami VV 10 2168 53819
Ionadi VV 10 4238 58057
Galatro RC 10 1709 59766
Francica VV 11 1651 61417
San Costantino Calabro VV 11 2239 63656
Melicucco RC 12 5101 68757
Maropati RC 12 1524 70281
Anoia RC 12 2212 72493
San Ferdinando RC 12 4490 76983
San Gregorio d'Ippona VV 13 2527 79510
Acquaro VV 13 2484 81994
Joppolo VV 13 1926 83920
Dasà VV 14 1208 85128
Cinquefrondi RC 14 6539 91667
Zungri VV 14 1976 93643
Cessaniti VV 14 3290 96933
Giffone RC 15 1907 98840
Polistena RC 15 10496 109336
Arena VV 15 1456 110792
Spilinga VV 16 1464 112256
Rizziconi RC 16 7829 120085
Vibo Valentia VV 17 33941 154026
Gerocarne VV 17 2248 156274
Gioia Tauro RC 17 19864 176138
Zaccanopoli VV 17 752 176890
Stefanaconi VV 17 2494 179384
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 18 3058 182442
Ricadi VV 18 4900 187342
Soriano Calabro VV 18 2421 189763
Sorianello VV 18 1176 190939
Drapia VV 18 2085 193024
Zambrone VV 19 1775 194799
Parghelia VV 19 1300 196099
Sant'Onofrio VV 20 3067 199166

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
59 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Cosenza (67546 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 2.2
ML-VAX 2.6 		1996-01-12
15:36:14		 38.537 16.04 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 240019
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-01-12 15:36:14 ± 0.186
Latitude 38.5370 ± 0.0158
Longitude 16.0400 ± 0.0230
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 240019

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) 2664.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132
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) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01473
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 240019
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:47:10

ML:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 240019
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
--.MGR.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:42.15 10.0 undecidable manual PN 346 1.6317 -0.66 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:37.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 240 1.2099 0.64 0.2
--.SA1.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:33.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 271 0.9324 0.2 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:30.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 178 0.4551 -0.84 0
--.SC9.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:27.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 222 0.3774 -0.51 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:24.12 10.0 positive manual PG 178 0.4551 0.21 2
--.GRI.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:23.10 10.0 positive manual PG 45 0.3996 0.08 2.3
--.SC9.Z. 1996-01-12T15:36:22.21 10.0 positive manual PG 222 0.3774 -0.11 2.2
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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