Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-10-1996 and time 18:01:15 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Castelnovo di Sotto (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Castelnovo di Sotto (RE), on

  • 15-10-1996 16:01:15 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1996 18:01:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8060, 10.5730 at 5 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
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 1 8462 8462
Campegine RE 4 5029 13491
Poviglio RE 5 7311 20802
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 5 10628 31430
Gattatico RE 8 5837 37267
Bagnolo in Piano RE 9 9712 46979
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 11 11205 58184
Sorbolo PR 11 9544 67728
Boretto RE 11 5272 73000
Brescello RE 12 5617 78617
Gualtieri RE 12 6556 85173
Cavriago RE 13 9839 95012
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 13 171345 266357
Novellara RE 13 13731 280088
Pomponesco MN 14 1701 281789
Viadana MN 14 19926 301715
Guastalla RE 15 15225 316940
Campagnola Emilia RE 15 5650 322590
Montecchio Emilia RE 15 10530 333120
Correggio RE 17 25897 359017
Mezzani PR 17 3273 362290
Montechiarugolo PR 17 10813 373103
Dosolo MN 17 3440 376543
Bibbiano RE 18 10268 386811
Rio Saliceto RE 18 6213 393024
San Martino in Rio RE 19 8099 401123
Parma PR 19 192836 593959
Luzzara RE 19 9250 603209
Torrile PR 20 7698 610907

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km NW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
19 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
25 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
33 Km NW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
75 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.2
1996-10-15
16:01:15
44.806 10.573 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 253869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-15 16:01:15 ± 0.354
Latitude 44.8060 ± 0.0172
Longitude 10.5730 ± 0.0437
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 253869

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) 3946.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 194
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00356
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01303
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 253869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:17

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 253869
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. 1996-10-15T16:02:02.70 10.0 undecidable manual SN 30 1.443 0.78 0.3
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:54.24 10.0 undecidable manual SN 181 1.0767 1.08 0.1
--.CTI.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:42.35 10.0 undecidable manual PN 30 1.443 0.04 1.5
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:36.63 10.0 undecidable manual PN 181 1.0767 -0.62 1.1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:35.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 147 0.5328 0.01 0.9
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:32.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.3996 1.13 0.2
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:30.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 178 0.7326 -0.85 0.8
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:30.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 178 0.444 -2.66 0
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:27.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 147 0.5328 0.36 1.8
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:25.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 178 0.444 -0.49 1.6
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-15T16:01:24.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.3996 0.35 1.8
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