Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 22-05-1991 and time 08:24:09 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 22-05-1991 08:24:09 (UTC)
  • 22-05-1991 10:24:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5560, 15.6860 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
Ricadi VV 18 4900 4900
Joppolo VV 19 1926 6826

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
42 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
96 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 2.4 1991-05-22
08:24:09
38.556 15.686 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 141729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-05-22 08:24:09 ± 0.717
Latitude 38.5560 ± 0.0233
Longitude 15.6860 ± 0.0669
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 141729

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) 6366.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 208
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00494
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00826
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 141729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:12:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SE2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:38.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 60 0.9213 -2.62 0
--.CZI.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:34.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.7437 -0.77 0.4
--.GRI.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:32.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 64 0.6327 0.78 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 179 0.5439 1.29 0.3
--.PA2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.5883 -1.25 0.3
--.FE2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:28.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.5994 -1.41 0.2
--.SE2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:26.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 60 0.9213 -0.57 1.1
--.GRI.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:23.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 64 0.6327 1.15 0.8
--.CZI.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:23.94 10.0 negative manual PG 27 0.7437 -0.07 3
--.PA2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:22.58 10.0 negative manual PG 97 0.5883 1.3 1.3
--.FE2.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:21.20 10.0 negative manual PG 148 0.5994 -0.32 3
--.MO9.Z. 1991-05-22T08:24:19.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 179 0.5439 -0.79 1.1
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