Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 05-01-1992 and time 04:38:46 (UTC) in region 2 km N Samo (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Samo (RC), on

  • 05-01-1992 04:38:46 (UTC)
  • 05-01-1992 05:38:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0910, 16.0560 at 15 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
Samo RC 2 809 809
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 2 592 1401
Caraffa del Bianco RC 3 539 1940
Casignana RC 3 759 2699
San Luca RC 6 3881 6580
Ferruzzano RC 6 772 7352
Africo RC 8 3075 10427
Bianco RC 8 4273 14700
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 9 1111 15811
Staiti RC 10 248 16059
Careri RC 11 2360 18419
Bovalino RC 12 8905 27324
Benestare RC 13 2556 29880
Brancaleone RC 14 3584 33464
Roccaforte del Greco RC 15 476 33940
Platì RC 15 3812 37752
Ardore RC 15 5088 42840
Bova RC 15 448 43288
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 19 1377 44665
Ciminà RC 19 568 45233
Condofuri RC 20 5113 50346
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 20 929 51275
Palizzi RC 20 2480 53755

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
45 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 2.3 1992-01-05
04:38:46
38.091 16.056 15 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 156339
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-01-05 04:38:46 ± 0.524
Latitude 38.0910 ± 0.0213
Longitude 16.0560 ± 0.0279
Depth (km) 15 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 156339

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) 3400.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 241
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) 0.00016
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00421
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 156339
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:26:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1992-01-05T04:39:03.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.4662 -0.47 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:58.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 252 0.2997 0.28 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:57.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.4662 0.44 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:53.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 252 0.2997 -0.23 1.5
--.SC9.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:53.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 301 0.3108 -0.03 2
--.SOI.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 182 0.0222 0.27 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1992-01-05T04:38:49.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 182 0.0222 -0.17 1.8
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