Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 18-01-1996 and time 06:41:35 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Varano de' Melegari (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Varano de' Melegari (PR), on

  • 18-01-1996 06:41:35 (UTC)
  • 18-01-1996 07:41:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7020, 10.0090 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
Varano de' Melegari PR 2 2676 2676
Fornovo di Taro PR 7 6100 8776
Pellegrino Parmense PR 7 1048 9824
Solignano PR 10 1773 11597
Terenzo PR 12 1196 12793
Medesano PR 12 10828 23621
Salsomaggiore Terme PR 13 19831 43452
Varsi PR 14 1230 44682
Calestano PR 14 2100 46782
Bore PR 17 749 47531
Collecchio PR 17 14403 61934
Sala Baganza PR 18 5561 67495
Valmozzola PR 18 539 68034
Vernasca PC 18 2131 70165
Noceto PR 18 13001 83166
Felino PR 18 8790 91956
Fidenza PR 19 26770 118726
Lugagnano Val d'Arda PC 20 4116 122842

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km W of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
46 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
48 Km S of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
68 Km N of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Pavia (72576 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Genova (586655 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Brescia (196480 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.7
1996-01-18
06:41:35
44.702 10.009 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 240379
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-01-18 06:41:35 ± 0.903
Latitude 44.7020 ± 0.1297
Longitude 10.0090 ± 0.0921
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 240379

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) 16150.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 210
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00356
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00680
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 240379
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:47:30

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 240379
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
--.GU9.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:54.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.5439 -0.15 0.6
--.BDI.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:52.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.7548 1.19 0.3
--.BOB.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:50.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 279 0.3996 -0.56 0.5
--.EB9.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:49.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 134 0.3996 -0.85 0.2
--.GU9.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:46.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 130 0.5439 -0.26 1.5
--.BOB.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:44.49 10.0 undecidable manual PG 279 0.3996 0.12 1.9
--.EB9.Z. 1996-01-18T06:41:44.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 134 0.3996 0.13 1.9
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