Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-04-1991 and time 05:22:27 (UTC) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 16-04-1991 05:22:27 (UTC)
  • 16-04-1991 07:22:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4610, 15.7070 at 59 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
Palmi RC 17 18930 18930
Gioia Tauro RC 17 19864 38794
San Ferdinando RC 18 4490 43284
Seminara RC 20 2811 46095

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
39 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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 1991-04-16
05:22:27
38.461 15.707 59 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 139249
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-04-16 05:22:27 ± 0.831
Latitude 38.4610 ± 0.0316
Longitude 15.7070 ± 0.0775
Depth (km) 59 ± 8 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 139249

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) 7607.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 221
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00737
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 139249
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:09:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.RI2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 93 0.5994 0.85 0.2
--.FE2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:48.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 144 0.5106 -0.32 0.4
--.GA2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 161 0.3108 -0.36 0.4
--.DR2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:43.45 10.0 undecidable manual S 43 0.2553 -1.21 0.1
--.CZI.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:42.88 10.0 undecidable manual P 23 0.8214 -0.67 1.1
--.RI2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:41.20 10.0 undecidable manual P 93 0.5994 0.28 1.1
--.FE2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:39.58 10.0 undecidable manual P 144 0.5106 -0.29 2.3
--.SOI.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 144 0.4662 -0.42 1
--.GA2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:38.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 161 0.3108 0.19 2.6
--.DR2.Z. 1991-04-16T05:22:38.45 10.0 undecidable manual P 43 0.2553 0.99 0.7
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