Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 02-03-1996 and time 18:38:04 (UTC) in region 3 km W Maierà (CS)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Maierà (CS), on

  • 02-03-1996 18:38:04 (UTC)
  • 02-03-1996 19:38:04 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 39.7190, 15.8160 at 5 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
Maierà CS 3 1224 1224
Grisolia CS 3 2249 3473
Santa Maria del Cedro CS 4 4954 8427
Diamante CS 5 5329 13756
Buonvicino CS 7 2247 16003
Verbicaro CS 9 3056 19059
Scalea CS 10 10913 29972
Santa Domenica Talao CS 12 1263 31235
Belvedere Marittimo CS 12 9371 40606
Orsomarso CS 12 1265 41871
San Nicola Arcella CS 14 1957 43828
Sangineto CS 15 1338 45166
Bonifati CS 17 2858 48024
Sant'Agata di Esaro CS 18 1890 49914
Papasidero CS 19 734 50648
San Sosti CS 20 2185 52833
Praia a Mare CS 20 6725 59558
San Donato di Ninea CS 20 1360 60918

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km NW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1996-03-02
18:38:04
39.719 15.816 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 242179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-03-02 18:38:04 ± 0.505
Latitude 39.7190 ± 0.0321
Longitude 15.8160 ± 0.0274
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 242179

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) 4274.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 236
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00963
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 242179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:13

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 242179
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
--.SL9.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:28.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 348 0.6882 -0.53 0.2
--.MU9.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:26.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 347 1.0656 1.01 0.2
--.ORI.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:26.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 55 0.5772 0.85 0.2
--.SGO.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:23.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.9213 -0.05 1.4
--.MGR.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:21.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 334 0.4551 -0.54 0.2
--.TDS.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:19.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.3996 -0.41 0.4
--.SL9.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:18.77 10.0 undecidable manual PG 348 0.6882 0.02 1.8
--.ORI.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:16.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 55 0.5772 -0.06 1.7
--.MGR.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:14.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 334 0.4551 0.07 1.9
--.TDS.Z. 1996-03-02T18:38:13.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.3996 0.05 1.9
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