Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 13-12-2009 and time 20:08:50 (UTC) in region 2 km W Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Cardeto (RC), on

  • 13-12-2009 20:08:50 (UTC)
  • 13-12-2009 21:08:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0800, 15.7490 at 3 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 2 1641 1641
Bagaladi RC 9 1039 2680
Motta San Giovanni RC 10 6208 8888
Reggio di Calabria RC 10 183035 191923
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 10 343 192266
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 11 1263 193529
Laganadi RC 11 413 193942
San Lorenzo RC 11 2640 196582
Montebello Ionico RC 11 6214 202796
Calanna RC 12 934 203730
Condofuri RC 13 5113 208843
Roccaforte del Greco RC 14 476 209319
San Roberto RC 15 1750 211069
Fiumara RC 16 1018 212087
Campo Calabro RC 17 4536 216623
Roghudi RC 17 1104 217727
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 18 11355 229082
Villa San Giovanni RC 18 13784 242866
Bova RC 19 448 243314
Scilla RC 20 4964 248278

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
21 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
87 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 2.5
ML 2.4
2009-12-13
20:08:50
38.08 15.749 3 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 999129
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-12-13 20:08:50 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.0800 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.7490 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 3 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 999129

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 470
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 149
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 357
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.20509
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 999129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:08:40

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 999129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:08:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RSM.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:31.78 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:28.20 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:18.98 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHE. 2009-12-13T20:09:17.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:17.32 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 300 80.6637 0.753 38
IV.STR4.BHE. 2009-12-13T20:09:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SERS.HHE. 2009-12-13T20:09:14.12 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 37 133.7661 0.267 59
IV.SSY.HHN. 2009-12-13T20:09:11.37 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 210 118.1928 -0.088 63
IV.HCRL.HHE. 2009-12-13T20:09:10.05 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 216 108.5136 0.098 64
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:08.86 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 35 100.9212 0.074 65
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:06.33 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 250 46.1205 -0.498 44
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:05.27 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 300 80.6637 -0.396 64
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:04.15 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 55 72.6717 -0.291 66
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:01.74 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:09:00.79 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 314 29.2485 -0.21 97
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:59.76 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 122 26.5512 -0.294 72
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:59.59 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 250 46.1205 -0.451 89
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:59.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 32 23.6541 0.11 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:59.97 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 91 26.6511 -0.126 74
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:58.51 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:56.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 91 26.6511 -0.127 99
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:56.22 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 122 26.5512 0.085 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:56.83 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 314 29.2485 0.147 98
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:55.80 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 32 23.6541 0.23 98
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:54.60 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 207 9.4794 0.359 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2009-12-13T20:08:53.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 207 9.4794 0.408 96
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