Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 3.9 on date 22-12-1996 and time 04:44:39 (UTC) in region Greece [Sea]

A magnitude ML-VAX 3.9 earthquake occured in region: Greece [Sea], on

  • 22-12-1996 04:44:39 (UTC)
  • 22-12-1996 05:44:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 22-12-1996 06:44:39 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Europe/Athens)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 35.5360, 22.9760 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 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
ML-VAX 3.9 1996-12-22
04:44:39
35.536 22.976 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 258609
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1996-12-22 04:44:39 ± 1.143
Latitude 35.5360 ± 0.0602
Longitude 22.9760 ± 0.1033
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 258609

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) 11500.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 322
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
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) 0.05472
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.07852
Number of stations at which the event was observed 19
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 19
Magnitude information

ML:3.9

Field Value
Value 3.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 258609
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
--.BRT.Z. 1996-12-22T04:47:36.45 10.0 undecidable manual SN 316 7.0041 -0.12 0.7
--.LT9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:47:35.30 10.0 undecidable manual SN 313 6.993 -1.05 0.2
--.PZI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:47:26.32 10.0 undecidable manual SN 281 6.6267 -1.18 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:47:16.13 10.0 undecidable manual SN 292 6.0717 1.81 0
--.FG2.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:45.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 313 8.7135 0.71 0.9
--.PSB1.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:42.89 10.0 undecidable manual PN 309 8.5248 0.35 1.4
--.MRB1.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:40.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 309 8.3694 0.08 1.6
--.FG5.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:40.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 311 8.3028 0.59 1.1
--.CI9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:38.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 308 8.1807 0.58 1.1
--.FG3.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:37.55 10.0 undecidable manual PN 316 8.2251 -0.87 0.7
--.SGO.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:33.58 10.0 undecidable manual PN 307 7.8255 0.72 1
--.MU9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:33.17 10.0 undecidable manual PN 309 7.8477 0.07 1.6
--.SL9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:29.79 10.0 undecidable manual PN 307 7.5258 1.04 0.6
--.SA1.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:24.51 10.0 undecidable manual PN 293 7.1484 1.02 0.6
--.LT9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:20.43 10.0 undecidable manual PN 313 6.993 -0.9 0.7
--.BRT.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:20.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 316 7.0041 -0.84 0.8
--.ORI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:19.24 10.0 undecidable manual PN 308 6.8265 0.04 1.7
--.TDS.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:16.82 10.0 undecidable manual PN 305 6.66 0 1.7
--.PZI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:15.64 10.0 undecidable manual PN 281 6.6267 -0.74 1
--.ATN.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:14.85 10.0 undecidable manual PN 291 6.5268 -0.29 1.6
--.MO9.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:12.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 290 6.3048 0.01 1.7
--.LCI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:08.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 318 6.1161 -0.53 1.3
--.SOI.Z. 1996-12-22T04:46:07.98 10.0 undecidable manual PN 292 6.0717 -0.79 0.9
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