Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 13-07-1996 and time 04:18:30 (UTC) in region 1 km W Melilli (SR)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Melilli (SR), on

  • 13-07-1996 04:18:30 (UTC)
  • 13-07-1996 06:18:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1760, 15.1150 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
Melilli SR 1 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 7 12091 25712
Sortino SR 7 8690 34402
Solarino SR 8 8091 42493
Floridia SR 11 22762 65255
Augusta SR 11 36305 101560
Carlentini SR 14 17798 119358
Lentini SR 16 24085 143443
Canicattini Bagni SR 16 7109 150552
Ferla SR 17 2523 153075
Cassaro SR 17 821 153896

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.3 1996-07-13
04:18:30
37.176 15.115 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 248819
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-07-13 04:18:30 ± 0.509
Latitude 37.1760 ± 0.0527
Longitude 15.1150 ± 0.0520
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 248819

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) 7453.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01060
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 248819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:55:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SC9.Z. 1996-07-13T04:19:10.19 10.0 undecidable manual SN 23 1.1766 -0.28 0.3
--.SC9.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:54.84 10.0 undecidable manual PN 23 1.1766 1.23 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 254 0.2331 0.16 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:39.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 228 0.1776 1.84 0.1
--.AU9.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:36.26 10.0 undecidable manual SG 47 0.111 0.95 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:35.56 10.0 positive manual PG 254 0.2331 -0.36 2.9
--.PZI.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:34.39 10.0 positive manual PG 228 0.1776 -0.32 2.9
--.AU9.Z. 1996-07-13T04:18:32.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 47 0.111 -1.17 0.6
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