Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 30-06-1993 and time 03:55:06 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 30-06-1993 03:55:06 (UTC)
  • 30-06-1993 05:55:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3460, 15.7840 at 171 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
Palmi RC 6 18930 18930
Bagnara Calabra RC 7 10255 29185
Seminara RC 8 2811 31996
MelicuccĂ  RC 10 930 32926
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 11 4120 37046
San Procopio RC 12 534 37580
Scilla RC 12 4964 42544
Sinopoli RC 12 2089 44633
Gioia Tauro RC 14 19864 64497
Cosoleto RC 15 859 65356
San Roberto RC 15 1750 67106
Delianuova RC 17 3352 70458
Fiumara RC 17 1018 71476
Rizziconi RC 17 7829 79305
Scido RC 17 931 80236
Varapodio RC 18 2160 82396
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 86932
Oppido Mamertina RC 19 5332 92264
Calanna RC 19 934 93198
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 106982
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 19 929 107911
Laganadi RC 19 413 108324
San Ferdinando RC 19 4490 112814
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 19 343 113157
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 20 523 113680
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 20 1263 114943

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
29 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 2.0 1993-06-30
03:55:06
38.346 15.784 171 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 189269
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-06-30 03:55:06 ± 0.446
Latitude 38.3460 ± 0.0362
Longitude 15.7840 ± 0.1152
Depth (km) 171 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 189269

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) 10823.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00818
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 189269
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:57:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MO9.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:47.49 10.0 undecidable manual S 191 0.3552 0.5 0.1
--.GMB.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:46.10 10.0 undecidable manual S 168 0.1776 -0.25 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:46.78 10.0 undecidable manual S 141 0.3441 -0.18 0.7
--.CZI.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:33.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 17 0.9102 0.07 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:30.16 10.0 undecidable manual P 141 0.3441 0.24 1.4
--.GMB.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:29.20 10.0 undecidable manual P 168 0.1776 -0.32 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1993-06-30T03:55:29.92 10.0 undecidable manual P 191 0.3552 -0.02 2.2
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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