Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 1.6 on date 17-09-1996 and time 03:53:23 (Italy) in region Costa Garganica (Foggia)

A magnitude ML-VAX 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Garganica (Foggia), on

  • 17-09-1996 01:53:23 (UTC)
  • 17-09-1996 03:53:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 42.1630, 15.8050 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
60 Km N of Manfredonia (57279 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of San Severo (53905 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Foggia (151991 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Cerignola (58396 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
ML-VAX 1.6 1996-09-17
01:53:23
42.163 15.805 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-17 01:53:23 ± 0.799
Latitude 42.1630 ± 0.0448
Longitude 15.8050 ± 0.0481
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252489

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) 6366.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 273
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00413
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01392
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 252489
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
--.FG5.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:58.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.9657 1.33 0.2
--.SDI.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 253 1.5429 0.57 1.3
--.MU9.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:49.67 10.0 undecidable manual PN 189 1.4097 0.03 1.9
--.PSB1.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:47.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 218 1.1988 0.42 1.8
--.FG2.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:44.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 233 0.5883 -0.77 0.6
--.FG3.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 166 0.4551 0.82 0.5
--.FG5.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:41.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.9657 -1.27 0.6
--.FG3.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:33.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 166 0.4551 -0.39 2.1
--.FG2.Z. 1996-09-17T01:53:33.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 233 0.5883 -2.42 0
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