Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 25-09-1991 and time 23:13:50 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Staiti (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Staiti (RC), on

  • 25-09-1991 21:13:50 (UTC)
  • 25-09-1991 23:13:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9640, 16.0150 at 16 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Staiti RC 5 248 248
Palizzi RC 6 2480 2728
Brancaleone RC 8 3584 6312
Bova RC 8 448 6760
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 8 1111 7871
Bova Marina RC 9 4235 12106
Ferruzzano RC 11 772 12878
Samo RC 13 809 13687
Roccaforte del Greco RC 14 476 14163
Africo RC 14 3075 17238
Condofuri RC 14 5113 22351
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 16 592 22943
Caraffa del Bianco RC 16 539 23482
Casignana RC 17 759 24241
San Lorenzo RC 17 2640 26881
Bianco RC 18 4273 31154
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 32193

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
48 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.1 1991-09-25
21:13:50
37.964 16.015 15 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 149869
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-09-25 21:13:50 ± 0.379
Latitude 37.9640 ± 0.0292
Longitude 16.0150 ± 0.0154
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 149869

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) 3517.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 258
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01125
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 149869
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:19:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CZI.Z. 1991-09-25T21:14:13.15 10.0 undecidable manual PN 4 1.2543 -0.47 0.2
--.GRI.Z. 1991-09-25T21:14:09.38 10.0 undecidable manual PN 20 0.9102 0.47 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-25T21:14:08.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 294 0.4662 -0.08 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-25T21:14:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 294 0.4662 0.14 1.4
--.SOI.Z. 1991-09-25T21:13:57.75 10.0 undecidable manual SG 16 0.111 0.33 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1991-09-25T21:13:56.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.2553 -0.02 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1991-09-25T21:13:54.50 10.0 negative manual PG 16 0.111 -0.17 2.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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