Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 11-09-1992 and time 23:36:46 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Molochio (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Molochio (RC), on

  • 11-09-1992 21:36:46 (UTC)
  • 11-09-1992 23:36:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2980, 16.0170 at 5 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
Molochio RC 2 2564 2564
Oppido Mamertina RC 3 5332 7896
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 3 523 8419
Varapodio RC 4 2160 10579
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 6 929 11508
Taurianova RC 6 15636 27144
Cosoleto RC 8 859 28003
Cittanova RC 9 10410 38413
Platì RC 9 3812 42225
Scido RC 9 931 43156
Delianuova RC 11 3352 46508
San Procopio RC 11 534 47042
Melicuccà RC 12 930 47972
Antonimina RC 12 1317 49289
Ciminà RC 12 568 49857
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 13 3058 52915
Sinopoli RC 13 2089 55004
Seminara RC 13 2811 57815
Polistena RC 13 10496 68311
Rizziconi RC 14 7829 76140
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 15 4120 80260
Cinquefrondi RC 15 6539 86799
Melicucco RC 16 5101 91900
Careri RC 16 2360 94260
Palmi RC 16 18930 113190
Canolo RC 16 746 113936
Benestare RC 16 2556 116492
Anoia RC 17 2212 118704
San Luca RC 18 3881 122585
Maropati RC 18 1524 124109
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 18 1377 125486
Ardore RC 18 5088 130574
Gerace RC 18 2652 133226
Portigliola RC 18 1201 134427
Gioia Tauro RC 18 19864 154291
Agnana Calabra RC 18 562 154853
Bagnara Calabra RC 19 10255 165108
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 19 1695 166803
Giffone RC 20 1907 168710
Galatro RC 20 1709 170419

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1992-09-11
21:36:46
38.298 16.017 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 173249
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-09-11 21:36:46 ± 0.104
Latitude 38.2980 ± 0.0053
Longitude 16.0170 ± 0.0076
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 173249

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) 884.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 141
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00826
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 173249
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:42:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GRI.Z. 1992-09-11T21:37:09.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 30 0.5994 0.01 0.5
--.CZI.Z. 1992-09-11T21:37:05.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.9213 0.02 0.9
--.ATN.Z. 1992-09-11T21:37:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 252 0.444 -0.18 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1992-09-11T21:37:01.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 220 0.3885 -0.36 0.3
--.GRI.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:59.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 30 0.5994 -0.02 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 252 0.444 -0.77 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:56.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 260 0.2331 0.08 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:55.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 172 0.222 -0.01 0.6
--.GMB.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:54.73 10.0 undecidable manual SG 228 0.1887 0.31 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:54.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 220 0.3885 -0.45 0.6
--.SC9.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:52.33 10.0 positive manual PG 260 0.2331 0.27 2.2
--.GMB.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:51.43 10.0 positive manual PG 228 0.1887 0.3 2
--.SOI.Z. 1992-09-11T21:36:51.84 10.0 positive manual PG 172 0.222 0.05 3.1
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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