Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 02-05-1988 and time 04:41:00 (Italy) in region 3 km W Melicucco (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Melicucco (RC), on

  • 02-05-1988 02:41:00 (UTC)
  • 02-05-1988 04:41:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4320, 16.0280 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
Melicucco RC 3 5101 5101
Polistena RC 5 10496 15597
Anoia RC 5 2212 17809
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 5 1695 19504
Maropati RC 6 1524 21028
Cinquefrondi RC 6 6539 27567
Rizziconi RC 6 7829 35396
Rosarno RC 7 14841 50237
Galatro RC 8 1709 51946
Laureana di Borrello RC 8 5174 57120
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 8 3058 60178
Taurianova RC 9 15636 75814
Cittanova RC 10 10410 86224
Candidoni RC 10 416 86640
Giffone RC 11 1907 88547
Serrata RC 11 845 89392
Gioia Tauro RC 11 19864 109256
San Ferdinando RC 11 4490 113746
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 12 523 114269
Varapodio RC 14 2160 116429
San Pietro di CaridĂ  RC 14 1195 117624
Molochio RC 14 2564 120188
Nicotera VV 15 6290 126478
Dinami VV 15 2168 128646
Limbadi VV 15 3695 132341
San Calogero VV 16 4315 136656
Oppido Mamertina RC 16 5332 141988
Seminara RC 17 2811 144799
Palmi RC 18 18930 163729
Rombiolo VV 19 4569 168298
MelicuccĂ  RC 19 930 169228
Mileto VV 19 6763 175991
Cosoleto RC 19 859 176850
Acquaro VV 20 2484 179334
Canolo RC 20 746 180080

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
72 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
98 Km S of Cosenza (67546 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 2.1 1988-05-02
02:41:00
38.432 16.028 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 68649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-05-02 02:41:00 ± 0.961
Latitude 38.4320 ± 0.0442
Longitude 16.0280 ± 0.0425
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 68649

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) 6149.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 298
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00316
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00461
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 68649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:05:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:20.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 238 0.5106 0.99 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:18.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 211 0.4995 -0.26 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:13.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.3552 -0.71 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:11.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 211 0.4995 0.38 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:10.91 10.0 undecidable manual PG 238 0.5106 -0.82 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 1988-05-02T02:41:09.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.3552 0.4 1.8
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