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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 12-11-1993 and time 06:53:25 (Italy) in region 1 km W Acquaro (VV)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Acquaro (VV), on

  • 12-11-1993 05:53:25 (UTC)
  • 12-11-1993 06:53:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5590, 16.1790 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Acquaro VV 1 2484 2484
Dasà VV 2 1208 3692
Arena VV 3 1456 5148
Dinami VV 4 2168 7316
Gerocarne VV 5 2248 9564
San Pietro di Caridà RC 6 1195 10759
Sorianello VV 6 1176 11935
Soriano Calabro VV 6 2421 14356
Serrata RC 8 845 15201
Francica VV 9 1651 16852
Pizzoni VV 10 1143 17995
Candidoni RC 10 416 18411
Vazzano VV 10 1067 19478
Laureana di Borrello RC 11 5174 24652
Mileto VV 11 6763 31415
San Gregorio d'Ippona VV 12 2527 33942
Galatro RC 12 1709 35651
San Costantino Calabro VV 13 2239 37890
Serra San Bruno VV 13 6734 44624
Mongiana VV 13 740 45364
Ionadi VV 13 4238 49602
Giffone RC 14 1907 51509
Fabrizia VV 14 2195 53704
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 14 1695 55399
Stefanaconi VV 14 2494 57893
Vallelonga VV 14 706 58599
Filandari VV 14 1853 60452
Filogaso VV 14 1417 61869
San Calogero VV 14 4315 66184
Vibo Valentia VV 15 33941 100125
Spadola VV 15 825 100950
Maropati RC 15 1524 102474
Brognaturo VV 15 735 103209
San Nicola da Crissa VV 15 1335 104544
Simbario VV 15 966 105510
Sant'Onofrio VV 16 3067 108577
Anoia RC 16 2212 110789
Rombiolo VV 16 4569 115358
Maierato VV 17 2188 117546
Nardodipace VV 17 1305 118851
Melicucco RC 17 5101 123952
Cinquefrondi RC 17 6539 130491
Cessaniti VV 18 3290 133781
Capistrano VV 18 1042 134823
Rosarno RC 19 14841 149664
Limbadi VV 19 3695 153359
Polistena RC 19 10496 163855
Pizzo VV 20 9278 173133
Torre di Ruggiero CZ 20 1033 174166

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Cosenza (67546 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 2.1 1993-11-12
05:53:25		 38.559 16.179 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 200239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-11-12 05:53:25 ± 0.176
Latitude 38.5590 ± 0.0098
Longitude 16.1790 ± 0.0235
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 200239

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) 2317.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
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 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 200239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:08:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:50.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 234 0.6882 0.19 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:43.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 191 0.4995 -0.16 0.7
--.GRI.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:39.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 35 0.3108 0.79 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:39.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 234 0.6882 -0.13 1.6
--.CZI.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:39.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.6549 0.07 1.7
--.SOI.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:36.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 191 0.4995 0.19 1.7
--.GRI.Z. 1993-11-12T05:53:32.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 35 0.3108 -0.54 0.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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