Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 04-11-1996 and time 23:11:20 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 04-11-1996 23:11:20 (UTC)
  • 05-11-1996 00:11:20 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5690, 15.8100 at 183 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
Joppolo VV 8 1926 1926
Ricadi VV 8 4900 6826
Spilinga VV 11 1464 8290
Nicotera VV 11 6290 14580
San Ferdinando RC 13 4490 19070
Limbadi VV 13 3695 22765
Drapia VV 14 2085 24850
Tropea VV 15 6441 31291
Zaccanopoli VV 15 752 32043
Parghelia VV 16 1300 33343
Rombiolo VV 17 4569 37912
Gioia Tauro RC 17 19864 57776
Rosarno RC 18 14841 72617
San Calogero VV 18 4315 76932
Zungri VV 18 1976 78908

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1996-11-04
23:11:20
38.569 15.81 183 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 256059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-11-04 23:11:20 ± 0.959
Latitude 38.5690 ± 0.0383
Longitude 15.8100 ± 0.0781
Depth (km) 183 ± 8 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 256059

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) 8016.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00478
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02250
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 256059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:02:15

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 256059
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
--.MO9.Z. 1996-11-04T23:12:05.74 10.0 undecidable manual S 189 0.5661 0.69 0.2
--.LCI.Z. 1996-11-04T23:12:04.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 44 2.4975 -0.11 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 1996-11-04T23:12:04.17 10.0 undecidable manual S 158 0.5328 -0.54 0.3
--.MU9.Z. 1996-11-04T23:12:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 353 2.1978 0.34 0.9
--.ORI.Z. 1996-11-04T23:11:54.46 10.0 undecidable manual P 18 1.554 0.59 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1996-11-04T23:11:53.11 10.0 undecidable manual P 353 1.5762 -0.95 0.3
--.TDS.Z. 1996-11-04T23:11:50.19 10.0 undecidable manual P 20 1.1544 -0.07 1.8
--.SOI.Z. 1996-11-04T23:11:46.70 10.0 undecidable manual P 158 0.5328 -0.06 1.8
--.MO9.Z. 1996-11-04T23:11:46.37 10.0 undecidable manual P 189 0.5661 0.04 1.8
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