Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 29-08-1991 and time 02:48:44 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 29-08-1991 00:48:44 (UTC)
  • 29-08-1991 02:48:44 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.9910, 15.7270 at 16 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
57 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
76 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.3 1991-08-29
00:48:44
38.991 15.727 16 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 148309
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-29 00:48:44 ± 0.85
Latitude 38.9910 ± 0.0190
Longitude 15.7270 ± 0.0864
Depth (km) 16 ± 7 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 148309

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) 7763.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00348
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01036
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 148309
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:18:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MGR.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:21.89 10.0 undecidable manual SN 353 1.1544 0.4 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:19.36 10.0 undecidable manual SN 181 0.9768 1.78 0
--.SOI.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 164 0.9435 -0.71 0.3
--.TDS.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:13.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 35 0.8103 0.53 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:05.74 10.0 undecidable manual PN 353 1.1544 -0.24 1.4
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:03.59 10.0 undecidable manual PN 181 0.9768 -0.14 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:02.71 10.0 undecidable manual PN 164 0.9435 -0.51 1.1
--.TDS.Z. 1991-08-29T00:49:00.58 10.0 undecidable manual PG 35 0.8103 -0.53 1.2
--.CZI.Z. 1991-08-29T00:48:58.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 54 0.3885 -0.77 0.3
--.ACI.Z. 1991-08-29T00:48:55.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 45 0.5106 -0.17 1.7
--.CZI.Z. 1991-08-29T00:48:53.76 10.0 negative manual PG 54 0.3885 0.54 2.3
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