Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-02-1996 and time 19:59:15 (Italy) in region 12 km W San Giovanni in Fiore (CS)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 12 km W San Giovanni in Fiore (CS), on

  • 27-02-1996 18:59:15 (UTC)
  • 27-02-1996 19:59:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.2830, 16.5640 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
San Giovanni in Fiore CS 12 17372 17372
Cotronei KR 15 5480 22852
Castelsilano KR 18 1015 23867
Parenti CS 19 2188 26055
Spezzano Piccolo CS 19 2079 28134
Serra Pedace CS 19 986 29120
Savelli KR 19 1271 30391
Longobucco CS 19 3183 33574
Pedace CS 19 1907 35481
Cerenzia KR 19 1152 36633
Celico CS 19 2802 39435
Pietrafitta CS 19 1310 40745
Spezzano della Sila CS 20 4541 45286
Caccuri KR 20 1663 46949
Aprigliano CS 20 2890 49839
Casole Bruzio CS 20 2578 52417

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km E of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Crotone (62178 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.5
1996-02-27
18:59:15
39.283 16.564 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 241949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-02-27 18:59:15 ± 0.17
Latitude 39.2830 ± 0.0063
Longitude 16.5640 ± 0.0214
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 241949

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) 1965.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 193
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00486
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 241949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:00

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 241949
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
--.GRI.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:33.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 193 0.4662 0.18 0.5
--.TDS.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 334 0.4107 0.53 0.1
--.CSI.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:26.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 0.5439 -0.16 1.3
--.GRI.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:25.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 193 0.4662 -0.09 1.6
--.TDS.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:24.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 334 0.4107 -0.41 0.5
--.ROI.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:22.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 0 0.2886 0.18 1.4
--.ACI.Z. 1996-02-27T18:59:22.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.2775 -0.05 1.7
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