Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-09-1996 and time 07:44:46 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 16-09-1996 05:44:46 (UTC)
  • 16-09-1996 07:44:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5870, 15.2190 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.4
1996-09-16
05:44:46
38.587 15.219 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252439
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-16 05:44:46 ± 0.494
Latitude 38.5870 ± 0.0180
Longitude 15.2190 ± 0.0382
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252439

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) 3877.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 222
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00453
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01408
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 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 252439
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:58:53

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 252439
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
--.GRI.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:20.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 75 0.9657 0.22 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:15.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 128 0.8214 -0.42 0.6
--.MGR.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:14.74 10.0 undecidable manual PN 9 1.5651 0.16 1.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:11.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 147 0.6882 0.63 0.5
--.SC9.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:05.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.4995 0.29 0.6
--.GRI.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:05.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.9657 -0.14 1.5
--.SOI.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:01.93 10.0 positive manual PG 128 0.8214 -1.34 1.1
--.MO9.Z. 1996-09-16T05:45:00.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 147 0.6882 -0.23 1.6
--.SC9.Z. 1996-09-16T05:44:58.41 10.0 positive manual PG 130 0.4995 1.11 1.4
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