Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 23-10-1988 and time 14:41:54 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud orientale (Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 23-10-1988 13:41:54 (UTC)
  • 23-10-1988 14:41:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8820, 16.1800 at 8 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
Brancaleone RC 12 3584 3584
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 17 1111 4695
Palizzi RC 18 2480 7175
Staiti RC 18 248 7423
Africo RC 19 3075 10498
Ferruzzano RC 19 772 11270

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Acireale (52622 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 2.4 1988-10-23
13:41:54
37.882 16.18 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79639
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-23 13:41:54 ± 0.884
Latitude 37.8820 ± 0.0481
Longitude 16.1800 ± 0.0263
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79639

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) 5826.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 272
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01198
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 79639
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:14:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:18.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.6216 0.86 0.1
--.CZI.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:18.72 10.0 undecidable manual PN 358 1.332 -0.66 0.3
--.GRI.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:14.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 11 0.9546 0.73 0.3
--.SC9.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 315 0.5217 0.24 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.6216 -0.17 1.3
--.RI2.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:06.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 23 0.5883 -0.08 1.4
--.SC9.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:05.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 315 0.5217 -0.21 1.3
--.GA2.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:03.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 316 0.3996 -0.06 2.8
--.SOI.Z. 1988-10-23T13:42:02.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 332 0.2109 -0.98 0
--.SOI.Z. 1988-10-23T13:41:59.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 332 0.2109 -0.28 1.2
--.FE2.Z. 1988-10-23T13:41:59.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 334 0.1665 0.38 2
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