Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 13-05-1996 and time 21:24:23 (Italy) in region 4 km S Roccaraso (AQ)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Roccaraso (AQ), on

  • 13-05-1996 19:24:23 (UTC)
  • 13-05-1996 21:24:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 41.8150, 14.0880 at 5 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
Roccaraso AQ 4 1627 1627
Castel di Sangro AQ 4 6538 8165
Rivisondoli AQ 7 700 8865
Scontrone AQ 9 574 9439
San Pietro Avellana IS 9 503 9942
Pescocostanzo AQ 9 1128 11070
Alfedena AQ 10 864 11934
Barrea AQ 10 726 12660
Ateleta AQ 10 1181 13841
Montenero Val Cocchiara IS 11 538 14379
Rionero Sannitico IS 12 1118 15497
Castel del Giudice IS 13 346 15843
Civitella Alfedena AQ 13 296 16139
Villetta Barrea AQ 14 653 16792
Gamberale CH 14 320 17112
Capracotta IS 15 903 18015
Vastogirardi IS 15 704 18719
Forlì del Sannio IS 15 675 19394
Sant'Angelo del Pesco IS 16 364 19758
Rocca Pia AQ 16 178 19936
Acquaviva d'Isernia IS 17 425 20361
Pizzone IS 17 329 20690
Pizzoferrato CH 17 1130 21820
Roccasicura IS 18 550 22370
Cerro al Volturno IS 18 1281 23651
Castel San Vincenzo IS 18 516 24167
Pescopennataro IS 19 285 24452
Palena CH 19 1392 25844
Scanno AQ 20 1847 27691

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km S of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
73 Km S of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
78 Km S of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
82 Km SE of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Caserta (76326 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Aversa (53047 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Benevento (60091 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Giugliano in Campania (122974 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Acerra (59573 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 2.3 1996-05-13
19:24:23
41.815 14.088 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 246149
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-13 19:24:23 ± 0.192
Latitude 41.8150 ± 0.0158
Longitude 14.0880 ± 0.0112
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 246149

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) 1987.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01069
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 246149
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:52:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MNS.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:47.31 10.0 undecidable manual PN 298 1.1877 0.99 0.2
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:44.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 292 0.5439 0.29 0.6
--.AQU.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:37.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 316 0.7326 -0.59 0.7
--.DUI.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:35.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 119 0.3108 0.24 0.7
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:34.77 10.0 undecidable manual PG 292 0.5439 -0.27 1.5
--.SDI.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:32.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 242 0.222 -0.2 0.7
--.DUI.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:30.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 119 0.3108 -0.21 1.7
--.SDI.Z. 1996-05-13T19:24:28.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 242 0.222 -0.03 1.9
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