Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 24-07-2002 and time 03:31:30 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Cardeto (RC), on

  • 24-07-2002 01:31:30 (UTC)
  • 24-07-2002 03:31:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0990, 15.7820 at 8 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
Cardeto RC 2 1641 1641
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 8 1263 2904
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 3247
Bagaladi RC 9 1039 4286
Laganadi RC 9 413 4699
San Lorenzo RC 11 2640 7339
Calanna RC 11 934 8273
Roccaforte del Greco RC 12 476 8749
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 191784
Condofuri RC 12 5113 196897
Motta San Giovanni RC 13 6208 203105
Montebello Ionico RC 13 6214 209319
San Roberto RC 13 1750 211069
Fiumara RC 15 1018 212087
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 216623
Bova RC 18 448 217071
Scilla RC 18 4964 222035
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 235819
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 19 4120 239939
Roghudi RC 19 1104 241043
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 20 11355 252398
Delianuova RC 20 3352 255750

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 2.1 2002-07-24
01:31:30
38.099 15.782 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 445869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-07-24 01:31:30 ± 0.101
Latitude 38.0990 ± 0.0067
Longitude 15.7820 ± 0.0064
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 445869

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) 931.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00785
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 445869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:01:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GRI.Z. 2002-07-24T01:32:00.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 34 0.8769 -0.13 0.2
--.GRI.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:47.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.8769 -0.05 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:38.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.2109 -0.21 0.2
--.SCLL.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:36.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 341 0.1665 -0.27 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:35.38 10.0 negative manual PG 96 0.2109 0.07 2.8
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:35.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 214 0.111 -0.38 0
--.SCLL.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:34.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 341 0.1665 0.18 0.8
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-07-24T01:31:33.31 10.0 positive manual PG 214 0.111 0.06 2.9
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