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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-10-1996 and time 17:16:49 (Italy) in region 6 km W Novellara (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Novellara (RE), on

  • 15-10-1996 15:16:49 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1996 17:16:49 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8210, 10.6630 at 18 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Novellara RE 6 13731 13731
Bagnolo in Piano RE 7 9712 23443
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 8 8462 31905
Campagnola Emilia RE 8 5650 37555
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 8 10628 48183
Poviglio RE 10 7311 55494
Gualtieri RE 10 6556 62050
Correggio RE 11 25897 87947
Rio Saliceto RE 11 6213 94160
Campegine RE 11 5029 99189
Guastalla RE 11 15225 114414
Boretto RE 13 5272 119686
Fabbrico RE 13 6693 126379
Pomponesco MN 13 1701 128080
San Martino in Rio RE 14 8099 136179
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 14 171345 307524
Brescello RE 15 5617 313141
Gattatico RE 15 5837 318978
Dosolo MN 15 3440 322418
Luzzara RE 16 9250 331668
Reggiolo RE 16 9178 340846
Viadana MN 16 19926 360772
Rolo RE 17 4105 364877
Sorbolo PR 17 9544 374421
Cavriago RE 18 9839 384260
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 18 11205 395465
Carpi MO 18 70699 466164
Gonzaga MN 20 9150 475314
Suzzara MN 20 21161 496475

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km N of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
18 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
29 Km NW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
61 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Rovigo (51867 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Imola (69797 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 1.9 		1996-10-15
15:16:49		 44.821 10.663 18 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 253829
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-15 15:16:49 ± 0.258
Latitude 44.8210 ± 0.0130
Longitude 10.6630 ± 0.0487
Depth (km) 18 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 253829

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) 4102.8
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 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00389
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01263
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 253829
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:14

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 253829
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
--.SFI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:29.37 10.0 undecidable manual SN 137 1.2432 1.37 0.2
--.SAL.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 353 0.7881 0.2 0.9
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 183 0.7548 -0.74 0.7
--.CTI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:13.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 29 1.3986 -0.18 1.7
--.SFI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:11.93 10.0 undecidable manual PN 137 1.2432 0.27 1.8
--.MDI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:09.62 10.0 undecidable manual PN 325 1.1544 -0.94 1.1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:08.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 154 0.5106 0.13 0.9
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:07.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 186 0.4662 1 0.5
--.SAL.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:06.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 353 0.7881 0.8 1.6
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:05.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.4329 -0.46 0.8
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 183 0.7548 -2.58 0
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:17:00.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 186 0.4662 1.03 1.2
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:16:58.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 154 0.5106 -1.75 0.3
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T15:16:58.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.4329 0.21 2.3
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