Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 16-10-1996 and time 08:09:51 (Italy) in region 3 km N Albinea (RE)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Albinea (RE), on

  • 16-10-1996 06:09:51 (UTC)
  • 16-10-1996 08:09:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.6450, 10.6130 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
Albinea RE 3 8860 8860
Reggio nell'Emilia RE 6 171345 180205
Vezzano sul Crostolo RE 7 4259 184464
Scandiano RE 8 25483 209947
Cavriago RE 9 9839 219786
Viano RE 11 3374 223160
Quattro Castella RE 11 13195 236355
Bibbiano RE 11 10268 246623
Casalgrande RE 12 19310 265933
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 13 10628 276561
Rubiera RE 14 14864 291425
Bagnolo in Piano RE 14 9712 301137
Montecchio Emilia RE 15 10530 311667
San Polo d'Enza RE 15 6083 317750
Montechiarugolo PR 16 10813 328563
Baiso RE 17 3315 331878
Campegine RE 17 5029 336907
San Martino in Rio RE 17 8099 345006
Canossa RE 17 3844 348850
Casina RE 17 4504 353354
Castellarano RE 18 15232 368586
Sassuolo MO 18 40853 409439
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 18 11205 420644
Traversetolo PR 18 9425 430069
Campogalliano MO 19 8845 438914
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 19 8462 447376
Correggio RE 20 25897 473273
Formigine MO 20 34323 507596
Fiorano Modenese MO 20 17160 524756

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km S of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
25 Km W of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
27 Km SW of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
28 Km SE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
71 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
82 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Pistoia (90315 inhabitants)
86 Km SE of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Lucca (89046 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Viareggio (62467 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Imola (69797 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Prato (191150 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 1996-10-16
06:09:51
44.645 10.613 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 254279
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-16 06:09:51 ± 1.301
Latitude 44.6450 ± 0.0740
Longitude 10.6130 ± 0.0417
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 254279

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) 8868.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 285
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00235
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00518
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 254279
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-16T06:10:12.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG? 180 0.5772 0.33 0
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:10:06.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.3885 1.07 0.1
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:10:02.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 212 0.2553 0.74 0.3
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-16T06:10:02.81 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.5772 -0.39 1.1
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:10:01.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 183 0.2886 -0.93 0.1
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:09:59.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.3885 -0.2 1.8
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:09:57.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 212 0.2553 0.26 1.7
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-16T06:09:57.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 183 0.2886 -0.02 1.9
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