Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 29-10-1989 and time 07:33:23 (Italy) in region 3 km S Bova (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Bova (RC), on

  • 29-10-1989 06:33:23 (UTC)
  • 29-10-1989 07:33:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9660, 15.9370 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
Bova RC 3 448 448
Bova Marina RC 4 4235 4683
Palizzi RC 7 2480 7163
Condofuri RC 8 5113 12276
Staiti RC 9 248 12524
Roccaforte del Greco RC 10 476 13000
San Lorenzo RC 10 2640 15640
Bagaladi RC 12 1039 16679
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 14 1111 17790
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 14 11355 29145
Brancaleone RC 15 3584 32729
Roghudi RC 16 1104 33833
Ferruzzano RC 16 772 34605
Montebello Ionico RC 16 6214 40819
Samo RC 16 809 41628
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 19 592 42220
Caraffa del Bianco RC 19 539 42759
Africo RC 20 3075 45834
Cardeto RC 20 1641 47475

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
42 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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
ML-VAX 1.7
1989-10-29
06:33:23
37.966 15.937 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 103109
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-10-29 06:33:23 ± 0.249
Latitude 37.9660 ± 0.0141
Longitude 15.9370 ± 0.0088
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 103109

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) 1748.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 222
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01546
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 103109
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:36:04

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 103109
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. 1989-10-29T06:33:56.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 23 0.9213 -0.13 0.4
--.TDS.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:53.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 10 1.7205 -0.38 0.3
--.CZI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:48.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 6 1.2543 0.64 0.1
--.GRI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:42.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 23 0.9213 -0.2 0.8
--.MSI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:39.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 308 0.3774 0.74 0
--.GMB.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:32.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 337 0.2109 -0.03 0.6
--.MO9.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:31.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 280 0.1887 0.13 0.5
--.MSI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:31.98 10.0 negative manual PG 308 0.3774 -0.28 2
--.SOI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:29.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 40 0.1332 -0.51 0.2
--.GA2.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:29.50 10.0 negative manual PG 337 0.2109 0.24 2.2
--.MO9.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:28.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 280 0.1887 -0.21 1.2
--.GMB.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:28.72 10.0 positive manual PG 337 0.2109 -0.08 2.8
--.FE2.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:27.42 10.0 negative manual PG 58 0.1332 0.3 1.9
--.SOI.Z. 1989-10-29T06:33:26.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 40 0.1332 -0.3 0.9
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