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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 16-10-1990 and time 16:42:54 (UTC) in region 3 km S Cardinale (CZ)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 3 km S Cardinale (CZ), on

  • 16-10-1990 16:42:54 (UTC)
  • 16-10-1990 17:42:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6190, 16.3930 at 10 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
Cardinale CZ 3 2188 2188
Torre di Ruggiero CZ 4 1033 3221
Brognaturo VV 5 735 3956
Simbario VV 5 966 4922
Spadola VV 5 825 5747
Serra San Bruno VV 8 6734 12481
Chiaravalle Centrale CZ 8 5759 18240
Argusto CZ 8 522 18762
San Sostene CZ 9 1370 20132
Davoli CZ 9 5607 25739
Vallelonga VV 9 706 26445
Gagliato CZ 9 505 26950
Satriano CZ 10 3448 30398
San Vito sullo Ionio CZ 10 1811 32209
San Nicola da Crissa VV 11 1335 33544
Cenadi CZ 11 563 34107
Isca sullo Ionio CZ 11 1633 35740
Petrizzi CZ 12 1131 36871
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio CZ 12 1937 38808
Capistrano VV 12 1042 39850
Olivadi CZ 12 529 40379
Pizzoni VV 12 1143 41522
Centrache CZ 13 401 41923
Vazzano VV 13 1067 42990
Badolato CZ 13 3085 46075
Mongiana VV 13 740 46815
Sorianello VV 14 1176 47991
Soriano Calabro VV 14 2421 50412
Monterosso Calabro VV 14 1729 52141
Santa Caterina dello Ionio CZ 15 2175 54316
Montepaone CZ 15 5282 59598
Gerocarne VV 15 2248 61846
Palermiti CZ 15 1213 63059
Filogaso VV 16 1417 64476
Soverato CZ 16 9204 73680
Guardavalle CZ 16 4560 78240
Bivongi RC 16 1398 79638
Polia VV 16 1023 80661
Pazzano RC 17 568 81229
Nardodipace VV 17 1305 82534
Fabrizia VV 17 2195 84729
Gasperina CZ 17 2160 86889
Arena VV 17 1456 88345
Stilo RC 17 2622 90967
Montauro CZ 18 1732 92699
Dasà VV 18 1208 93907
Vallefiorita CZ 19 1771 95678
Acquaro VV 19 2484 98162

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
76 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.8 1990-10-16
16:42:54		 38.619 16.393 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 128719
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-10-16 16:42:54 ± 0.228
Latitude 38.6190 ± 0.0136
Longitude 16.3930 ± 0.0192
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 128719

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) 2256.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00567
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 128719
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:59:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.DR2.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:08.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 274 0.3552 0.44 0.4
--.GA2.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:06.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 224 0.6327 -1.08 0.2
--.CZI.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:06.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 341 0.6327 -0.61 0.6
--.SE2.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:04.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.4551 0.22 1.3
--.GRI.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:02.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 5 0.1998 -0.2 0.6
--.DR2.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:02.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 274 0.3552 0.45 2.2
--.RI2.Z. 1990-10-16T16:43:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 160 0.2109 0.41 1.2
--.GRI.Z. 1990-10-16T16:42:59.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.1998 0.07 1.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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