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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 27-05-2010 and time 13:00:46 (Italy) in region 1 km W Giffone (RC)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Giffone (RC), on

  • 27-05-2010 11:00:46 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2010 13:00:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4400, 16.1430 at 9 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
Giffone RC 1 1907 1907
Galatro RC 4 1709 3616
Maropati RC 4 1524 5140
Cinquefrondi RC 5 6539 11679
Anoia RC 5 2212 13891
Polistena RC 7 10496 24387
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 7 3058 27445
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 7 1695 29140
Melicucco RC 7 5101 34241
Laureana di Borrello RC 8 5174 39415
Candidoni RC 9 416 39831
Serrata RC 9 845 40676
San Pietro di Caridà RC 9 1195 41871
Dinami VV 10 2168 44039
Cittanova RC 11 10410 54449
Mammola RC 12 2847 57296
Grotteria RC 13 3154 60450
Acquaro VV 14 2484 62934
San Giovanni di Gerace RC 14 481 63415
Canolo RC 15 746 64161
Dasà VV 15 1208 65369
Taurianova RC 15 15636 81005
Rosarno RC 15 14841 95846
Fabrizia VV 15 2195 98041
Arena VV 15 1456 99497
Martone RC 16 530 100027
Rizziconi RC 16 7829 107856
Agnana Calabra RC 17 562 108418
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 18 523 108941
Mongiana VV 18 740 109681
Molochio RC 18 2564 112245
Gerocarne VV 18 2248 114493
Nardodipace VV 18 1305 115798
Gioiosa Ionica RC 18 7181 122979
San Calogero VV 18 4315 127294
Antonimina RC 19 1317 128611
Sorianello VV 19 1176 129787
Soriano Calabro VV 19 2421 132208
Mileto VV 20 6763 138971
Varapodio RC 20 2160 141131
Gerace RC 20 2652 143783

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
96 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.7
ML 2.5 		2010-05-27
11:00:46		 38.44 16.143 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1055999
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-05-27 11:00:46 ± 0.25
Latitude 38.4400 ± 0.0054
Longitude 16.1430 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1055999

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 658
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 256
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 132
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 848.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 29
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.91281
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1055999
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 20:20:08

Md:2.7

Field Value
Value 2.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1055999
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 20:20:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CDRU.HHE. 2010-05-27T11:01:27.35 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:25.78 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SALB.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:17.10 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:15.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SIRI.HHN. 2010-05-27T11:01:15.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:13.67 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:05.48 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 219 61.9935 -0.174 75
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:05.07 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:04.01 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 192 55.3002 0.137 73
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:04.98 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 251 58.5969 0.234 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:03.24 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 266 101.3208 -0.224 67
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:02.13 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 29 48.7179 0.03 100
IV.MMME.HHE. 2010-05-27T11:01:02.76 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 234 95.6376 0.176 46
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:02.65 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 33 97.7244 -0.253 66
IV.STR3.BHE. 2010-05-27T11:01:01.62 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 297 88.5447 0.14 46
IV.STR4.BHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:01.62 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 295 88.8444 0.086 70
IV.SERS.HHN. 2010-05-27T11:01:00.13 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 35 81.1521 -0.226 46
IV.SNAL.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:01:00.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:59.74 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 191 41.4252 -0.428 73
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:57.27 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 219 61.9935 -0.128 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:57.02 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 227 29.4483 0.238 77
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:56.09 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 88 25.6521 0.575 77
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:56.47 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 192 55.3002 0.099 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:56.80 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 251 58.5969 -0.072 75
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:55.20 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 29 48.7179 -0.145 75
IV.TDS.SHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:55.23 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:54.32 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 191 41.4252 0.091 77
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:52.58 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 227 29.4483 0.304 77
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2010-05-27T11:00:52.01 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 88 25.6521 0.468 78
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