Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-10-1996 and time 14:25:17 (UTC) in region 3 km NW Reggio nell'Emilia (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Reggio nell'Emilia (RE), on

  • 15-10-1996 14:25:17 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1996 16:25:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7170, 10.6060 at 10 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
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 3 171345 171345
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 5 10628 181973
Cavriago RE 7 9839 191812
Bagnolo in Piano RE 7 9712 201524
Campegine RE 9 5029 206553
Albinea RE 11 8860 215413
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 11 8462 223875
Bibbiano RE 12 10268 234143
Montecchio Emilia RE 13 10530 244673
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 13 11205 255878
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 14 4259 260137
Quattro Castella RE 14 13195 273332
San Martino in Rio RE 14 8099 281431
Gattatico RE 14 5837 287268
Scandiano RE 15 25483 312751
Montechiarugolo PR 15 10813 323564
Poviglio RE 15 7311 330875
Correggio RE 15 25897 356772
Rubiera RE 16 14864 371636
Novellara RE 18 13731 385367
Casalgrande RE 18 19310 404677
San Polo d'Enza RE 18 6083 410760
Campagnola Emilia RE 19 5650 416410
Viano RE 19 3374 419784
Rio Saliceto RE 19 6213 425997
Campogalliano MO 19 8845 434842
Sorbolo PR 19 9544 444386
Traversetolo PR 20 9425 453811

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km NW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
23 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
24 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
99 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.7
1996-10-15
14:25:17
44.717 10.606 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 253759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-15 14:25:17 ± 0.473
Latitude 44.7170 ± 0.0236
Longitude 10.6060 ± 0.0546
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 253759

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) 5051.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01109
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 253759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:11

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 253759
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
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:40.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.6438 -0.09 0.7
--.MDI.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:39.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 329 1.2321 -0.37 1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:37.81 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 143 0.444 4.13 0
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:29.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 181 0.3552 -1.56 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:29.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.6438 -0.58 1.3
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:29.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.3219 -0.26 0.7
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:26.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.444 0.23 1.8
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:25.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 181 0.3552 0.21 1.9
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T14:25:25.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.3219 1.38 0.4
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