Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-05-1996 and time 19:15:00 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 21-05-1996 17:15:00 (UTC)
  • 21-05-1996 19:15:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0700, 14.3410 at 9 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
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 6 4694 4694
Caronia ME 10 3364 8058
Motta d'Affermo ME 10 739 8797
Reitano ME 11 806 9603
Pettineo ME 12 1350 10953
Tusa ME 13 2925 13878
Mistretta ME 16 4791 18669
Pollina PA 19 2974 21643

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
69 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Catania (314555 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
1996-05-21
17:15:00
38.07 14.341 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 246439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-21 17:15:00 ± 0.39
Latitude 38.0700 ± 0.0225
Longitude 14.3410 ± 0.0354
Depth (km) 9 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 246439

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) 3979.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01206
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 246439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:53:11

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 246439
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
--.SOI.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:44.76 10.0 undecidable manual SN 89 1.3431 1.04 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:25.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 89 1.3431 0 1.3
--.USI.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:21.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 305 1.11 -0.95 0.2
--.SA1.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:14.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 37 0.6216 0.5 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:12.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 115 0.3108 -0.46 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:11.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 251 0.2553 0.39 0.6
--.CS9.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:11.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 237 0.2442 0.28 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:07.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.2553 0.34 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:07.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 115 0.3108 -0.26 1.8
--.CS9.Z. 1996-05-21T17:15:06.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 237 0.2442 -0.06 2
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