Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-05-1999 and time 05:48:56 (UTC) in region 5 km E Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Cardeto (RC), on

  • 20-05-1999 05:48:56 (UTC)
  • 20-05-1999 07:48:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0850, 15.8240 at 7 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
Cardeto RC 5 1641 1641
Bagaladi RC 7 1039 2680
Roccaforte del Greco RC 8 476 3156
San Lorenzo RC 8 2640 5796
Condofuri RC 9 5113 10909
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 10 1263 12172
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 11 343 12515
Laganadi RC 12 413 12928
Montebello Ionico RC 13 6214 19142
Bova RC 14 448 19590
Calanna RC 14 934 20524
Motta San Giovanni RC 14 6208 26732
Reggio di Calabria RC 16 183035 209767
San Roberto RC 16 1750 211517
Fiumara RC 18 1018 212535
Roghudi RC 18 1104 213639
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 18 11355 224994
Bova Marina RC 19 4235 229229
Delianuova RC 19 3352 232581
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 20 4120 236701

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
26 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.7
1999-05-20
05:48:56
38.085 15.824 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 366259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1999-05-20 05:48:56 ± 0.154
Latitude 38.0850 ± 0.0070
Longitude 15.8240 ± 0.0062
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 366259

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) 947.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 137
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00113
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00777
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 366259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:43:34

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 366259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GRI.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:13.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 32 0.8658 0.04 0.7
--.ATN.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:07.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 284 0.2886 -0.68 0
--.SC9.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:04.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 333 0.1887 0.11 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:03.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.1776 0.01 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:02.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 284 0.2886 -0.19 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:01.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.1221 -0.22 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:00.50 10.0 positive manual PG 93 0.1776 -0.14 2.2
--.SC9.Z. 1999-05-20T05:49:00.98 10.0 positive manual PG 333 0.1887 0.14 2.3
--.MO9.Z. 1999-05-20T05:48:59.85 10.0 positive manual PG 230 0.1221 0.23 1.5
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