Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 05-07-1996 and time 22:35:04 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 05-07-1996 22:35:04 (UTC)
  • 06-07-1996 00:35:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3840, 14.6200 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
84 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Acireale (52622 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 1.9
1996-07-05
22:35:04
38.384 14.62 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 248469
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-07-05 22:35:04 ± 0.296
Latitude 38.3840 ± 0.0257
Longitude 14.6200 ± 0.0255
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 248469

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) 3624.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
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) 0.01044
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 248469
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:55:06

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 248469
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. 1996-07-05T22:35:45.58 10.0 undecidable manual SN 105 1.1544 1.68 0
--.MO9.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:36.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 114 0.9213 -0.16 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:27.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.5994 0.8 0.5
--.CS9.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:26.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.6216 -0.47 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:25.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 105 1.1544 -1.65 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:23.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 114 0.9213 0.17 1.4
--.GIB.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:17.11 10.0 negative manual PG 230 0.5994 -0.14 3.1
--.CS9.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:17.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 224 0.6216 0.2 1.7
--.SA1.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:14.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 43 0.2442 0.46 0.6
--.SA1.Z. 1996-07-05T22:35:09.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 43 0.2442 -0.22 1.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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