Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 16-10-1996 and time 02:47:30 (Italy) in region 3 km W Reggio nell'Emilia (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Reggio nell'Emilia (RE), on

  • 16-10-1996 00:47:30 (UTC)
  • 16-10-1996 02:47:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.7080, 10.5970 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
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 3 171345 171345
Cavriago RE 6 9839 181184
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 6 10628 191812
Bagnolo in Piano RE 9 9712 201524
Albinea RE 10 8860 210384
Campegine RE 10 5029 215413
Bibbiano RE 11 10268 225681
Montecchio Emilia RE 12 10530 236211
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 12 8462 244673
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 12 4259 248932
Quattro Castella RE 13 13195 262127
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 13 11205 273332
Montechiarugolo PR 14 10813 284145
Scandiano RE 14 25483 309628
Gattatico RE 15 5837 315465
San Martino in Rio RE 15 8099 323564
Poviglio RE 16 7311 330875
Rubiera RE 16 14864 345739
Correggio RE 16 25897 371636
San Polo d'Enza RE 17 6083 377719
Casalgrande RE 17 19310 397029
Viano RE 18 3374 400403
Traversetolo PR 19 9425 409828
Novellara RE 19 13731 423559
Sorbolo PR 19 9544 433103
Campogalliano MO 20 8845 441948
Canossa RE 20 3844 445792
Campagnola Emilia RE 20 5650 451442
Rio Saliceto RE 20 6213 457655

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km W of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
24 Km E of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
24 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
81 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
97 Km SE of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Prato (191150 inhabitants)
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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 1996-10-16
00:47:30
44.708 10.597 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 254099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-16 00:47:30 ± 0.92
Latitude 44.7080 ± 0.0429
Longitude 10.5970 ± 0.0404
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 254099

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) 5737.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 297
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00882
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 254099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-16T00:48:03.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 182 0.9768 -1.41 0.1
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:53.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 179 0.6327 -0.27 0.8
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:49.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 182 0.9768 -0.49 1.3
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:47.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 142 0.444 0.4 0.8
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:45.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.3552 0.96 0.4
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:43.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.3108 0.53 0.7
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:42.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 179 0.6327 -0.96 1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:40.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 142 0.444 -0.2 2.1
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.3552 1.39 0.5
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-16T00:47:37.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.3108 0.08 2.2
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