Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 15-10-1996 and time 10:15:47 (UTC) in region 4 km E Modena (MO)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Modena (MO), on

  • 15-10-1996 10:15:47 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1996 12:15:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6640, 10.9690 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
Modena MO 4 184973 184973
Nonantola MO 6 15839 200812
Bastiglia MO 8 4193 205005
Soliera MO 9 15461 220466
Bomporto MO 9 10157 230623
Castelfranco Emilia MO 10 32677 263300
Campogalliano MO 11 8845 272145
San Cesario sul Panaro MO 12 6407 278552
Ravarino MO 13 6233 284785
Castelnuovo Rangone MO 13 14896 299681
Sant'Agata Bolognese BO 13 7291 306972
Formigine MO 14 34323 341295
San Prospero MO 15 5860 347155
Rubiera RE 15 14864 362019
Carpi MO 15 70699 432718
Spilamberto MO 15 12621 445339
Crevalcore BO 16 13465 458804
San Martino in Rio RE 16 8099 466903
Maranello MO 17 17359 484262
San Giovanni in Persiceto BO 18 27982 512244
Castelvetro di Modena MO 18 11185 523429
Fiorano Modenese MO 19 17160 540589
Correggio RE 19 25897 566486
Camposanto MO 19 3201 569687
Valsamoggia BO 20 30561 600248
Casalgrande RE 20 19310 619558
Cavezzo MO 20 7026 626584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km E of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
27 Km E of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
35 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
53 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
79 Km SW of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Faenza (58541 inhabitants)
86 Km S of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
91 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
98 Km W of Forlì (117913 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Lucca (89046 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 2.2
ML-VAX 2.0
1996-10-15
10:15:47
44.664 10.969 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 253509
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-15 10:15:47 ± 0.794
Latitude 44.6640 ± 0.0253
Longitude 10.9690 ± 0.1084
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 253509

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) 9018.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 211
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00372
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01668
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 253509
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:59:57

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 253509
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. 1996-10-15T10:16:21.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 198 0.9879 0.68 0.5
--.BR9.Z. 1996-10-15T10:16:19.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 346 1.8537 0.28 1.2
--.MDI.Z. 1996-10-15T10:16:12.69 10.0 undecidable manual PN 321 1.4208 -0.12 1.5
--.SAL.Z. 1996-10-15T10:16:06.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 341 0.9879 -0.25 1.8
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-15T10:16:05.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 198 0.9879 -1.29 0.5
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T10:16:02.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 238 0.4551 -1.42 0.2
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T10:15:57.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 238 0.4551 0.43 1.7
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T10:15:57.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 220 0.4107 1.27 0.6
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