Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 29-09-1990 and time 04:50:45 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Cardeto (RC), on

  • 29-09-1990 02:50:45 (UTC)
  • 29-09-1990 04:50:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1050, 15.7830 at 14 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 3 1641 1641
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 7 1263 2904
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 8 343 3247
Laganadi RC 9 413 3660
Bagaladi RC 9 1039 4699
Calanna RC 10 934 5633
San Lorenzo RC 11 2640 8273
Roccaforte del Greco RC 12 476 8749
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 191784
San Roberto RC 13 1750 193534
Condofuri RC 13 5113 198647
Motta San Giovanni RC 14 6208 204855
Montebello Ionico RC 14 6214 211069
Fiumara RC 14 1018 212087
Campo Calabro RC 16 4536 216623
Scilla RC 18 4964 221587
Bova RC 18 448 222035
Villa San Giovanni RC 18 13784 235819
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 19 4120 239939
Delianuova RC 19 3352 243291
Sinopoli RC 20 2089 245380
Roghudi RC 20 1104 246484

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
22 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1990-09-29
02:50:45
38.105 15.783 13 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 127909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-09-29 02:50:45 ± 0.167
Latitude 38.1050 ± 0.0068
Longitude 15.7830 ± 0.0070
Depth (km) 13 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 127909

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) 972.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 115
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00785
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 127909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:58:57

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 127909
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. 1990-09-29T02:51:15.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 34 0.8769 0.18 0.3
--.LPI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:51:11.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.7659 -0.37 0.2
--.GRI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:51:03.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.8769 0.3 0.5
--.LPI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:51:00.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.7659 0.11 1.1
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:55.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 282 0.2553 -0.32 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:54.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.2109 -0.12 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:53.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 298 0.1998 -0.46 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:53.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.1554 0.52 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:52.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 214 0.1221 0.14 0.7
--.GMB.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:51.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 30 0.0666 0.34 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:51.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 282 0.2553 -0.01 2
--.SOI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:50.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.2109 -0.37 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:50.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.1998 0.17 1.6
--.SC9.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:49.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.1554 -0.21 1.4
--.MO9.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:49.38 10.0 negative manual PG 214 0.1221 0.2 2.9
--.GMB.Z. 1990-09-29T02:50:48.31 10.0 negative manual PG 30 0.0666 -0.19 3
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