Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 18-10-1996 and time 18:24:27 (UTC) in region 3 km N Sorbolo (PR)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Sorbolo (PR), on

  • 18-10-1996 18:24:27 (UTC)
  • 18-10-1996 20:24:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 44.8700, 10.4520 at 14 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
Sorbolo PR 3 9544 9544
Mezzani PR 6 3273 12817
Brescello RE 6 5617 18434
Gattatico RE 7 5837 24271
Poviglio RE 8 7311 31582
Torrile PR 8 7698 39280
Viadana MN 8 19926 59206
Colorno PR 9 8991 68197
Boretto RE 9 5272 73469
Castelnovo di Sotto RE 11 8462 81931
Campegine RE 12 5029 86960
Sant'Ilario d'Enza RE 12 11205 98165
Parma PR 12 192836 291001
Pomponesco MN 13 1701 292702
Casalmaggiore CR 14 15351 308053
Gualtieri RE 15 6556 314609
Sabbioneta MN 15 4251 318860
Cadelbosco di Sopra RE 16 10628 329488
Martignana di Po CR 17 2036 331524
Guastalla RE 17 15225 346749
Rivarolo del Re ed Uniti CR 18 1991 348740
Dosolo MN 18 3440 352180
Gussola CR 18 2772 354952
Sissa Trecasali PR 18 7890 362842
San Secondo Parmense PR 19 5721 368563
Montecchio Emilia RE 19 10530 379093
Montechiarugolo PR 20 10813 389906
Commessaggio MN 20 1094 391000

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NE of Parma (192836 inhabitants)
24 Km NW of Reggio nell'Emilia (171345 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Carpi (70699 inhabitants)
45 Km SE of Cremona (71901 inhabitants)
45 Km NW of Modena (184973 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Piacenza (102191 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Verona (258765 inhabitants)
77 Km S of Brescia (196480 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Bologna (386663 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Ferrara (133155 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Carrara (63133 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Massa (69479 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of La Spezia (93959 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
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
1996-10-18
18:24:27
44.87 10.452 14 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 254659
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-10-18 18:24:27 ± 0.908
Latitude 44.8700 ± 0.0415
Longitude 10.4520 ± 0.0554
Depth (km) 14 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 254659

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) 6357.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 313
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00405
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01206
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 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 254659
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:00:59

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 254659
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
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-18T18:25:03.92 10.0 undecidable manual SN 177 1.1433 -0.88 0.3
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:54.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 172 0.8103 -0.94 0.3
--.PGD.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:52.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 137 1.3431 0.59 1.2
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:50.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.6327 0.43 0.8
--.PII.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:49.36 10.0 undecidable manual PN 177 1.1433 0.24 1.8
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:47.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 169 0.5217 1.3 0.1
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:44.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 183 0.444 0.3 0.8
--.BDI.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:43.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 172 0.8103 -0.73 1.3
--.ZC9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:40.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.6327 -0.63 1.5
--.GU9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:38.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 169 0.5217 -0.58 1.6
--.EB9.Z. 1996-10-18T18:24:37.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 183 0.444 0.73 1.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download