Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 15-10-1996 and time 15:50:19 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Reggio nell'Emilia (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Reggio nell'Emilia (RE), on

  • 15-10-1996 13:50:19 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1996 15:50:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7210, 10.6620 at 21 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
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 4 171345 171345
Bagnolo in Piano RE 5 9712 181057
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 7 10628 191685
San Martino in Rio RE 10 8099 199784
Cavriago RE 11 9839 209623
Correggio RE 11 25897 235520
Albinea RE 12 8860 244380
Rubiera RE 12 14864 259244
Campegine RE 12 5029 264273
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 13 8462 272735
Scandiano RE 14 25483 298218
Campogalliano MO 15 8845 307063
Rio Saliceto RE 15 6213 313276
Novellara RE 15 13731 327007
Campagnola Emilia RE 16 5650 332657
Casalgrande RE 16 19310 351967
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 16 4259 356226
Bibbiano RE 16 10268 366494
Poviglio RE 16 7311 373805
Montecchio Emilia RE 17 10530 384335
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 17 11205 395540
Quattro Castella RE 18 13195 408735
Gattatico RE 18 5837 414572
Carpi MO 19 70699 485271
Montechiarugolo PR 19 10813 496084
Viano RE 19 3374 499458

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NE of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
23 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
28 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 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 1.9
1996-10-15
13:50:19
44.721 10.662 21 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 253729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-15 13:50:19 ± 0.399
Latitude 44.7210 ± 0.0375
Longitude 10.6620 ± 0.0311
Depth (km) 21 ± 7 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 253729

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) 4836.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00308
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01344
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 253729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:09

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 253729
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
--.CTI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:51:03.56 10.0 undecidable manual SN 27 1.4874 -0.39 0.5
--.MDI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:58.85 10.0 undecidable manual SN 327 1.2432 0.77 0.3
--.CTI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:45.60 10.0 undecidable manual PN 27 1.4874 -0.29 1.4
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:43.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 183 0.6549 -0.3 0.8
--.MDI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:42.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 327 1.2432 0.14 1.7
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:39.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 148 0.4329 3.44 0
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:35.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 187 0.3663 0.65 0.5
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:33.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.3441 -0.32 0.8
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:32.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 183 0.6549 -0.58 1.4
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:29.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 187 0.3663 1.08 0.4
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:29.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.4329 0.27 2.1
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T13:50:27.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 210 0.3441 -0.78 1
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