Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 12-09-1991 and time 23:14:59 (UTC) in region 2 km SW Scilla (RC)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Scilla (RC), on

  • 12-09-1991 23:14:59 (UTC)
  • 13-09-1991 01:14:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2410, 15.6950 at 19 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
Scilla RC 2 4964 4964
Fiumara RC 3 1018 5982
Campo Calabro RC 4 4536 10518
San Roberto RC 5 1750 12268
Villa San Giovanni RC 6 13784 26052
Calanna RC 7 934 26986
Laganadi RC 8 413 27399
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 27742
Bagnara Calabra RC 11 10255 37997
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 12 1263 39260
Messina ME 13 238439 277699
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 14 4120 281819
Reggio di Calabria RC 15 183035 464854
Sinopoli RC 16 2089 466943
San Procopio RC 18 534 467477
MelicuccĂ  RC 18 930 468407
Cardeto RC 18 1641 470048
Seminara RC 19 2811 472859
Palmi RC 19 18930 491789
Delianuova RC 20 3352 495141

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
15 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 1.9
ML-VAX 1.5
1991-09-12
23:14:59
38.241 15.695 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 149259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-09-12 23:14:59 ± 0.186
Latitude 38.2410 ± 0.0490
Longitude 15.6950 ± 0.0257
Depth (km) 19 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 149259

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) 5893.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00931
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 149259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:19:19

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 149259
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. 1991-09-12T23:15:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 43 0.8103 -0.62 0.2
--.CZI.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:18.22 10.0 undecidable manual PN 19 1.0323 -0.14 1.4
--.GRI.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 43 0.8103 0.21 1.5
--.SOI.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 120 0.3219 -0.62 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:08.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.2331 -0.7 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:07.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 120 0.3219 0.37 1.6
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:07.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 245 0.1998 -0.82 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:05.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.2331 0.36 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-12T23:15:04.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 245 0.1998 0.3 1.8
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