Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 17-02-1992 and time 10:20:25 (UTC) in region 6 km NW Roccaforte del Greco (RC)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 6 km NW Roccaforte del Greco (RC), on

  • 17-02-1992 10:20:25 (UTC)
  • 17-02-1992 11:20:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0860, 15.8580 at 12 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
Roccaforte del Greco RC 6 476 476
Bagaladi RC 7 1039 1515
Cardeto RC 8 1641 3156
San Lorenzo RC 9 2640 5796
Condofuri RC 9 5113 10909
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 11 1263 12172
Bova RC 12 448 12620
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 13 343 12963
Laganadi RC 14 413 13376
Montebello Ionico RC 14 6214 19590
Calanna RC 16 934 20524
Motta San Giovanni RC 17 6208 26732
Samo RC 18 809 27541
San Roberto RC 18 1750 29291
Bova Marina RC 18 4235 33526
Staiti RC 18 248 33774
Delianuova RC 18 3352 37126
Scido RC 19 931 38057
Reggio di Calabria RC 19 183035 221092
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 19 11355 232447
Roghudi RC 20 1104 233551
San Luca RC 20 3881 237432
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 20 592 238024
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 20 4120 242144
Sinopoli RC 20 2089 244233

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
29 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 1992-02-17
10:20:25
38.086 15.858 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 159099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-02-17 10:20:25 ± 0.094
Latitude 38.0860 ± 0.0061
Longitude 15.8580 ± 0.0049
Depth (km) 12 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 159099

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) 805.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 142
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00283
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 159099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:28:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:37.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 283 0.3108 -0.08 0.6
--.SC9.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:33.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 326 0.1998 -0.25 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:32.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 283 0.3108 0 1.6
--.MO9.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:31.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 236 0.1554 -0.3 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:31.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 94 0.1554 -0.23 0.3
--.GMB.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:30.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 344 0.0777 -0.04 0.9
--.SC9.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 326 0.1998 0.01 2.1
--.SOI.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:29.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 94 0.1554 0 2.2
--.MO9.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:29.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 236 0.1554 0.18 1.1
--.GMB.Z. 1992-02-17T10:20:28.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 344 0.0777 0.2 1
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