Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 16-03-1996 and time 02:16:03 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Formigine (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Formigine (MO), on

  • 16-03-1996 01:16:03 (UTC)
  • 16-03-1996 02:16:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.5610, 10.8790 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Formigine MO 4 34323 34323
Maranello MO 4 17359 51682
Castelnuovo Rangone MO 5 14896 66578
Fiorano Modenese MO 6 17160 83738
Sassuolo MO 8 40853 124591
Castelvetro di Modena MO 8 11185 135776
Modena MO 10 184973 320749
Casalgrande RE 12 19310 340059
Spilamberto MO 12 12621 352680
San Cesario sul Panaro MO 12 6407 359087
Rubiera RE 13 14864 373951
Castellarano RE 13 15232 389183
Marano sul Panaro MO 14 5060 394243
Vignola MO 14 25353 419596
Castelfranco Emilia MO 14 32677 452273
Campogalliano MO 15 8845 461118
Savignano sul Panaro MO 15 9177 470295
Scandiano RE 16 25483 495778
Guiglia MO 16 3931 499709
Serramazzoni MO 17 8282 507991
Valsamoggia BO 17 30561 538552
Nonantola MO 19 15839 554391

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
25 Km S of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
25 Km SE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
38 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
51 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
93 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
100 Km W of Forlì (117913 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1996-03-16
01:16:03
44.561 10.879 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 242729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-03-16 01:16:03 ± 0.438
Latitude 44.5610 ± 0.0164
Longitude 10.8790 ± 0.0213
Depth (km) 9 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 242729

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) 2490.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 100
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
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) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02186
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 242729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:49:44

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 242729
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
--.ORO.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:42.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 298 2.2977 0.98 0.3
--.BOB.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:41.30 10.0 undecidable manual SN 282 1.0323 1.77 0
--.FVI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:41.91 10.0 undecidable manual PN 32 2.4309 -1.5 0.1
--.SAL.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:39.95 10.0 undecidable manual SN 346 1.0656 -0.19 0.5
--.BR9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:37.75 10.0 undecidable manual PN 349 1.9425 0.96 0.4
--.SFI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:36.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.9546 -0.22 0.5
--.PII.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:34.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 197 0.8769 0.34 0.5
--.MDI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:30.55 10.0 undecidable manual PN 326 1.4652 0.33 1
--.CRE.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:27.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 140 1.2099 0.32 1.1
--.SAL.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:24.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 346 1.0656 -0.75 0.7
--.BOB.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:24.56 10.0 undecidable manual PN 282 1.0323 0.23 1.3
--.SFI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:22.75 10.0 positive manual PG 133 0.9546 -0.05 2.9
--.BDI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:22.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 202 0.5328 -0.8 0.3
--.PII.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:20.89 10.0 positive manual PG 197 0.8769 -0.47 2.3
--.EB9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:17.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 247 0.3552 -0.42 0.5
--.GU9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:15.37 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.2886 -0.08 0.6
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:14.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 161 0.2109 1.79 0
--.BDI.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:14.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 202 0.5328 -0.85 0.7
--.EB9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:12.30 10.0 positive manual PG 247 0.3552 0.23 2.7
--.GU9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:10.21 10.0 negative manual PG 224 0.2886 -0.37 2.5
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-03-16T01:16:09.68 10.0 negative manual PG 161 0.2109 0.51 2.2
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