Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 30-11-1996 and time 18:55:49 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 30-11-1996 18:55:49 (UTC)
  • 30-11-1996 19:55:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.8740, 16.1670 at 25 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
Gizzeria CZ 12 4982 4982
Francavilla Angitola VV 14 1939 6921
Curinga CZ 14 6779 13700
Falerna CZ 14 4028 17728
Filadelfia VV 15 5384 23112
Pizzo VV 15 9278 32390
San Pietro a Maida CZ 16 4200 36590
Maida CZ 17 4566 41156
Lamezia Terme CZ 18 70714 111870
Nocera Terinese CZ 18 4731 116601
Jacurso CZ 19 624 117225
Maierato VV 19 2188 119413
Polia VV 19 1023 120436
Platania CZ 20 2172 122608
Sant'Onofrio VV 20 3067 125675

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
37 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
47 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.3
ML-VAX 2.0
1996-11-30
18:55:49
38.874 16.167 25 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 257699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-11-30 18:55:49 ± 0.593
Latitude 38.8740 ± 0.0176
Longitude 16.1670 ± 0.1219
Depth (km) 25 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 257699

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) 10735.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 158
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01408
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 257699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:03:45

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 257699
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
--.SOI.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:16.77 10.0 undecidable manual SN 186 0.7992 0.37 0.4
--.SL9.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:15.85 10.0 undecidable manual PN 345 1.5651 0.2 0.9
--.ORI.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:11.24 10.0 undecidable manual PN 10 1.1877 0.73 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:04.92 10.0 undecidable manual PN 186 0.7992 -0.22 1.4
--.TDS.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:04.16 10.0 undecidable manual PN 9 0.7881 -0.88 0.3
--.GRI.Z. 1996-11-30T18:56:00.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 104 0.1998 0.17 0.6
--.GRI.Z. 1996-11-30T18:55:55.78 10.0 negative manual PG 104 0.1998 -0.03 3.1
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