Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 01-04-1992 and time 06:05:05 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 01-04-1992 04:05:05 (UTC)
  • 01-04-1992 06:05:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1570, 15.6490 at 29 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 5 183035 183035
Campo Calabro RC 7 4536 187571
Villa San Giovanni RC 7 13784 201355
Calanna RC 7 934 202289
Fiumara RC 7 1018 203307
Laganadi RC 9 413 203720
Messina ME 9 238439 442159
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 10 343 442502
San Roberto RC 10 1750 444252
Scilla RC 12 4964 449216
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 12 1263 450479
Cardeto RC 13 1641 452120
Motta San Giovanni RC 18 6208 458328
Saponara ME 19 3988 462316
Bagnara Calabra RC 20 10255 472571

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
9 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
88 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
ML-VAX 1.9
1992-04-01
04:05:05
38.157 15.649 29 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 161689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-04-01 04:05:05 ± 0.67
Latitude 38.1570 ± 0.0392
Longitude 15.6490 ± 0.0513
Depth (km) 29 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 161689

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) 6251.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 209
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01530
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 161689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:31:08

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 161689
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
--.CSI.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:34.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 16 1.6983 1.12 0.3
--.ROI.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:30.14 10.0 undecidable manual PN 26 1.5762 -1.32 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:20.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 104 0.3219 0.11 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:14.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.3219 0.23 1.5
--.SC9.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:14.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.111 -0.92 0.3
--.SC9.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:12.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 27 0.111 0.58 1.1
--.MO9.Z. 1992-04-01T04:05:11.78 10.0 positive manual PG 167 0.1554 -0.15 3
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