Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 26-05-1996 and time 18:18:03 (Italy) in region 10 km SE Troina (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 10 km SE Troina (EN), on

  • 26-05-1996 16:18:03 (UTC)
  • 26-05-1996 18:18:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7360, 14.7000 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
Troina EN 10 9373 9373
Regalbuto EN 11 7277 16650
CesarĂ² ME 12 2439 19089
San Teodoro ME 13 1403 20492
Bronte CT 13 19172 39664
Centuripe EN 13 5470 45134
Adrano CT 14 36122 81256
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 15 3593 84849
Maniace CT 17 3765 88614
Agira EN 18 8345 96959
Maletto CT 18 3920 100879
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 124886
Catenanuova EN 19 4866 129752
Cerami EN 19 2006 131758

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
43 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
62 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Modica (54633 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
ML-VAX 2.1
1996-05-26
16:18:03
37.736 14.7 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 246569
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-05-26 16:18:03 ± 0.4
Latitude 37.7360 ± 0.0261
Longitude 14.7000 ± 0.0399
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 246569

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) 4554.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 152
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 246569
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:53:19

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 246569
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
--.AU9.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:27.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 139 0.6327 1.3 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:26.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 295 0.5883 1.49 0.1
--.SA1.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:19.62 10.0 negative manual PG 7 0.8214 -0.73 1.5
--.AU9.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:16.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 139 0.6327 -0.32 1.3
--.GIB.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:15.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 295 0.5883 0 1.5
--.CS9.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:13.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 292 0.5328 -0.9 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:12.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 358 0.1887 0.9 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1996-05-26T16:18:09.16 10.0 negative manual PG 358 0.1887 0.59 2.4
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