Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-08-1996 and time 04:40:05 (Italy) in region 2 km S Borgorose (RI)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Borgorose (RI), on

  • 27-08-1996 02:40:05 (UTC)
  • 27-08-1996 04:40:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.1790, 13.2340 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
Borgorose RI 2 4591 4591
Pescorocchiano RI 8 2075 6666
Sante Marie AQ 9 1166 7832
Tagliacozzo AQ 12 6889 14721
Fiamignano RI 13 1413 16134
Nespolo RI 14 246 16380
Tornimparte AQ 14 3187 19567
Magliano de' Marsi AQ 15 3690 23257
Massa d'Albe AQ 15 1476 24733
Lucoli AQ 15 1011 25744
Carsoli AQ 15 5396 31140
Scurcola Marsicana AQ 16 2824 33964
Collalto Sabino RI 16 442 34406
Collegiove RI 16 213 34619
Marcetelli RI 16 89 34708
Pereto AQ 17 682 35390
Petrella Salto RI 19 1197 36587
Varco Sabino RI 19 187 36774
Turania RI 19 241 37015
Cappadocia AQ 19 528 37543
Paganico Sabino RI 20 172 37715
Ascrea RI 20 234 37949

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km SW of L'Aquila (69753 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Tivoli (56533 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Guidonia Montecelio (88673 inhabitants)
64 Km SE of Terni (111501 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Teramo (54892 inhabitants)
66 Km NE of Velletri (53303 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Roma (2864731 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Chieti (51815 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Aprilia (73446 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Pomezia (62966 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Latina (125985 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Montesilvano (53738 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Pescara (121014 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Fiumicino (78395 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Anzio (54211 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Viterbo (67173 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Foligno (57155 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 2.1 1996-08-27
02:40:05
42.179 13.234 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 251649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-08-27 02:40:05 ± 0.205
Latitude 42.1790 ± 0.0138
Longitude 13.2340 ± 0.0184
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 251649

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) 2161.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
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) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00567
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 251649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:58:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SDI.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:27.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 137 0.6327 -0.2 0.7
--.MNS.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:22.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.444 0.33 0.7
--.SDI.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 137 0.6327 1.03 0.4
--.MNS.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:15.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.444 -0.09 2.1
--.AQU.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:15.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 35 0.2109 0.73 0.5
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:13.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 141 0.1998 -0.02 0.9
--.AQU.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:10.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 35 0.2109 -0.52 1.6
--.PQ9.Z. 1996-08-27T02:40:09.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 141 0.1998 -0.75 1.1
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