Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 21-09-1996 and time 04:00:08 (UTC) in region 2 km SE Castellarano (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Castellarano (RE), on

  • 21-09-1996 04:00:08 (UTC)
  • 21-09-1996 06:00:08 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.4990, 10.7500 at 20 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
Castellarano RE 2 15232 15232
Sassuolo MO 5 40853 56085
Fiorano Modenese MO 7 17160 73245
Prignano sulla Secchia MO 8 3747 76992
Serramazzoni MO 9 8282 85274
Maranello MO 10 17359 102633
Casalgrande RE 10 19310 121943
Formigine MO 11 34323 156266
Viano RE 12 3374 159640
Baiso RE 12 3315 162955
Scandiano RE 12 25483 188438
Castelvetro di Modena MO 15 11185 199623
Castelnuovo Rangone MO 16 14896 214519
Polinago MO 17 1672 216191
Rubiera RE 18 14864 231055
Albinea RE 18 8860 239915
Marano sul Panaro MO 18 5060 244975
Guiglia MO 18 3931 248906
Montefiorino MO 18 2203 251109
Carpineti RE 19 4064 255173
Pavullo nel Frignano MO 19 17383 272556
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 20 4259 276815
Casina RE 20 4504 281319

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km SW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
24 Km SE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
33 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
47 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
74 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Scandicci (50609 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Firenze (382808 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Pisa (89158 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.1
ML-VAX 1.5
1996-09-21
04:00:08
44.499 10.75 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 252609
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-09-21 04:00:08 ± 0.354
Latitude 44.4990 ± 0.0215
Longitude 10.7500 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 252609

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) 2761.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 240
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00712
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 252609
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:59:03

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 252609
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
--.PII.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:36.91 10.0 undecidable manual SN 191 0.7881 0.73 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:25.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 194 0.444 0.3 0.6
--.PII.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:24.32 10.0 undecidable manual PN 191 0.7881 -0.29 1.1
--.EB9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:20.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 251 0.2553 0.77 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:18.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 194 0.444 -0.48 1.1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:18.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 131 0.2109 -0.14 0.9
--.GU9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:17.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 217 0.1776 -0.16 0.9
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:15.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 131 0.2109 0.46 1.2
--.EB9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:15.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.2553 0.01 2.3
--.GU9.Z. 1996-09-21T04:00:13.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 217 0.1776 -0.33 1.7
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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