Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 01-04-1992 and time 03:49:14 (UTC) in region 4 km E Reggio di Calabria (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Reggio di Calabria (RC), on

  • 01-04-1992 03:49:14 (UTC)
  • 01-04-1992 05:49:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1110, 15.6950 at 7 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
Reggio di Calabria RC 4 183035 183035
Cardeto RC 7 1641 184676
Laganadi RC 8 413 185089
Calanna RC 8 934 186023
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 9 343 186366
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 11 1263 187629
Fiumara RC 11 1018 188647
San Roberto RC 12 1750 190397
Motta San Giovanni RC 12 6208 196605
Campo Calabro RC 12 4536 201141
Villa San Giovanni RC 13 13784 214925
Bagaladi RC 15 1039 215964
Montebello Ionico RC 15 6214 222178
Messina ME 15 238439 460617
Scilla RC 16 4964 465581
San Lorenzo RC 17 2640 468221
Condofuri RC 19 5113 473334
Roccaforte del Greco RC 19 476 473810

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
15 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
86 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.7
1992-04-01
03:49:14
38.111 15.695 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 161659
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-04-01 03:49:14 ± 0.311
Latitude 38.1110 ± 0.0070
Longitude 15.6950 ± 0.0156
Depth (km) 7 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 161659

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) 1568.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00818
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 161659
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:31:06

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 161659
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. 1992-04-01T03:49:47.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 38 0.9102 0.91 0
--.GRI.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:32.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 38 0.9102 -0.5 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:25.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.2775 0.07 0.8
--.SC9.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:20.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 6 0.1443 0.04 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:20.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 97 0.2775 -0.12 1.9
--.MO9.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:19.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.111 -0.17 0.7
--.SC9.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 6 0.1443 0.01 2
--.MO9.Z. 1992-04-01T03:49:17.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 180 0.111 0.27 1.5
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