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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 15-02-1992 and time 08:25:01 (UTC) 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

  • 15-02-1992 08:25:01 (UTC)
  • 15-02-1992 09:25:01 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5630, 15.7010 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Ricadi VV 16 4900 4900
Joppolo VV 17 1926 6826
Spilinga VV 19 1464 8290

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 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
ML-VAX 1.9 		1992-02-15
08:25:01		 38.563 15.701 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 159029
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-02-15 08:25:01 ± 0.203
Latitude 38.5630 ± 0.0139
Longitude 15.7010 ± 0.0221
Depth (km) 19 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 159029

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) 2465.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 26
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) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01813
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 159029
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:28:35

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 159029
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
--.SGO.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:59.90 10.0 undecidable manual SN 351 2.0091 1.04 0.2
--.MGR.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 355 1.5762 1.42 0.1
--.SGO.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:35.25 10.0 undecidable manual PN 351 2.0091 1.19 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 231 1.0101 -0.09 0.7
--.MGR.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:28.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 355 1.5762 0.1 1.3
--.SA1.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:25.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 270 0.6771 0.51 0.6
--.TDS.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:22.55 10.0 undecidable manual PN 23 1.1988 -0.31 1.4
--.ROI.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:22.24 10.0 undecidable manual PN 33 1.1988 -0.75 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:21.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.555 -0.35 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:20.79 10.0 undecidable manual PN 231 1.0101 0.57 1.3
--.ACL.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:19.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 268 1.0434 -1.7 0.1
--.VPL.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 252 0.5883 -3.36 0
--.ATN.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:18.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.444 0.41 0.7
--.ME3.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:17.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 179 0.5439 -3.42 0
--.SA1.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:15.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 270 0.6771 0.09 1.9
--.CZI.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:15.52 10.0 undecidable manual PG 27 0.7326 -0.6 1.4
--.SC9.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 177 0.3108 1.47 0.1
--.ME2.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:14.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 181 0.3108 0.18 0.8
--.GZ2.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 191 0.2997 -0.48 0.6
--.VPL.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 252 0.5883 -0.45 1.6
--.MO9.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.555 0.09 1.9
--.ME3.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 179 0.5439 -1.12 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:10.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.444 -0.16 1.9
--.ME2.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 181 0.3108 0.37 1.7
--.SC9.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:09.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 177 0.3108 0.85 1
--.GZ2.Z. 1992-02-15T08:25:08.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 191 0.2997 0.18 1.9
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