Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 29-12-1990 and time 04:38:50 (UTC) in region 5 km W Bova Marina (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Bova Marina (RC), on

  • 29-12-1990 04:38:50 (UTC)
  • 29-12-1990 05:38:50 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9470, 15.8650 at 58 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 Marina RC 5 4235 4235
Condofuri RC 7 5113 9348
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 8 11355 20703
San Lorenzo RC 8 2640 23343
Bova RC 8 448 23791
Roghudi RC 9 1104 24895
Bagaladi RC 10 1039 25934
Montebello Ionico RC 10 6214 32148
Palizzi RC 11 2480 34628
Roccaforte del Greco RC 12 476 35104
Motta San Giovanni RC 16 6208 41312
Staiti RC 16 248 41560
Cardeto RC 18 1641 43201

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
39 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 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 1990-12-29
04:38:50
37.947 15.865 58 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 133159
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-12-29 04:38:50 ± 0.166
Latitude 37.9470 ± 0.0101
Longitude 15.8650 ± 0.0131
Depth (km) 58 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 133159

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) 1606.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
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) 0.00170
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01052
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 133159
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:04:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:25.39 10.0 undecidable manual S 219 1.1433 0.04 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:25.77 10.0 undecidable manual S 224 1.1655 -0.04 0.3
--.DR2.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:12.20 10.0 undecidable manual S 4 0.6882 -3.15 0
--.PZI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:10.70 10.0 undecidable manual P 219 1.1433 0.04 0.9
--.MEU.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:10.72 10.0 undecidable manual P 224 1.1655 -0.21 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 316 0.3552 0.19 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 303 0.3774 -0.24 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:06.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 49 0.1887 -0.27 0.4
--.DR2.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 4 0.6882 0.11 1.9
--.PA2.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:04.55 10.0 undecidable manual P 40 0.6882 -0.27 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 303 0.3774 0.64 0.5
--.MSI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 316 0.3552 -0.11 1.3
--.FE2.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:00.12 10.0 positive manual P 62 0.1887 0.18 2.5
--.SOI.Z. 1990-12-29T04:39:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 49 0.1887 0.07 1.3
--.GA2.Z. 1990-12-29T04:38:59.94 10.0 positive manual P 352 0.2109 -0.16 2.6
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