Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-09-1996 and time 05:10:55 (UTC) in region 4 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 15-09-1996 05:10:55 (UTC)
  • 15-09-1996 07:10:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9970, 15.0410 at 10 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 2287
Basicò ME 8 612 2899
Roccella Valdemone ME 8 666 3565
Tripi ME 8 873 4438
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 5775
Malvagna ME 9 733 6508
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 9423
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 10140
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 11 980 11120
Floresta ME 12 485 11605
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 12624
Raccuja ME 13 1041 13665
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 15196
Librizzi ME 13 1660 16856
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 20801
Falcone ME 14 2808 23609
Furnari ME 14 3784 27393
Oliveri ME 14 2181 29574
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 15 3215 32789
Ucria ME 15 1058 33847
Randazzo CT 16 10900 44747
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 45592
Rodì Milici ME 17 2056 47648
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 49263
Patti ME 17 13431 62694
Antillo ME 18 919 63613
Castroreale ME 19 2504 66117
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 69207
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 76602
Tortorici ME 19 6435 83037
Sinagra ME 19 2705 85742
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 91145

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1996-09-15
05:10:55
37.997 15.041 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-15 05:10:55 ± 0.314
Latitude 37.9970 ± 0.1529
Longitude 15.0410 ± 0.0282
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252359

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) 17177.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00720
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 252359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:58:48

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 252359
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. 1996-09-15T05:11:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 84 0.7992 -0.89 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 89 0.5106 -0.67 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:11.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 84 0.7992 0.48 1.1
--.CS9.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 265 0.7659 -0.57 1
--.MNO.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:06.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 256 0.2775 0.1 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:06.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 89 0.5106 0.44 1.5
--.MNO.Z. 1996-09-15T05:11:01.72 10.0 undecidable manual PG 256 0.2775 0.15 2.1
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