Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 09-11-1988 and time 22:50:10 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 09-11-1988 21:50:10 (UTC)
  • 09-11-1988 22:50:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5730, 15.8600 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Joppolo VV 4 1926 1926
Ricadi VV 6 4900 6826
Nicotera VV 7 6290 13116
Spilinga VV 8 1464 14580
Limbadi VV 9 3695 18275
San Ferdinando RC 11 4490 22765
Drapia VV 11 2085 24850
Zaccanopoli VV 12 752 25602
Tropea VV 12 6441 32043
Rombiolo VV 13 4569 36612
San Calogero VV 13 4315 40927
Parghelia VV 14 1300 42227
Rosarno RC 14 14841 57068
Zungri VV 14 1976 59044
Filandari VV 16 1853 60897
Gioia Tauro RC 16 19864 80761
Mileto VV 18 6763 87524
Cessaniti VV 18 3290 90814
Zambrone VV 18 1775 92589
Ionadi VV 18 4238 96827
San Costantino Calabro VV 20 2239 99066
Rizziconi RC 20 7829 106895

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 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 1988-11-09
21:50:10
38.573 15.86 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 80899
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-11-09 21:50:10 ± 0.796
Latitude 38.5730 ± 0.0380
Longitude 15.8600 ± 0.1206
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 80899

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) 11305.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 161
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) 0.9
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00607
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 80899
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:16:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 162 0.5217 1.54 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 216 0.5106 1.67 0.2
--.CZI.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:24.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 17 0.6771 0.32 1
--.FE2.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:21.56 10.0 positive manual PG 161 0.555 -0.75 1.9
--.SOI.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:20.81 10.0 negative manual PG 162 0.5217 -0.75 1.9
--.GA2.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:20.44 10.0 positive manual PG 183 0.3996 1.05 1.6
--.ATN.Z. 1988-11-09T21:50:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 216 0.5106 -1.98 0.2
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