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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 23-05-1992 and time 03:04:55 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Rosarno (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Rosarno (RC), on

  • 23-05-1992 01:04:55 (UTC)
  • 23-05-1992 03:04:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4690, 15.9610 at 8 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
Rosarno RC 3 14841 14841
San Ferdinando RC 4 4490 19331
Rizziconi RC 6 7829 27160
Gioia Tauro RC 7 19864 47024
Nicotera VV 9 6290 53314
Melicucco RC 10 5101 58415
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 10 1695 60110
Limbadi VV 10 3695 63805
Laureana di Borrello RC 11 5174 68979
Anoia RC 11 2212 71191
Candidoni RC 12 416 71607
Polistena RC 12 10496 82103
Maropati RC 12 1524 83627
San Calogero VV 12 4315 87942
Galatro RC 13 1709 89651
Cinquefrondi RC 13 6539 96190
Serrata RC 13 845 97035
Taurianova RC 14 15636 112671
Joppolo VV 14 1926 114597
Rombiolo VV 15 4569 119166
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 15 3058 122224
Palmi RC 16 18930 141154
San Pietro di Caridà RC 16 1195 142349
Cittanova RC 16 10410 152759
Seminara RC 17 2811 155570
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 17 523 156093
Giffone RC 17 1907 158000
Varapodio RC 17 2160 160160
Mileto VV 17 6763 166923
Filandari VV 18 1853 168776
Dinami VV 18 2168 170944
Spilinga VV 19 1464 172408
Molochio RC 19 2564 174972
Ricadi VV 19 4900 179872
Oppido Mamertina RC 20 5332 185204
Ionadi VV 20 4238 189442
Melicuccà RC 20 930 190372

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
47 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
95 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7 		1992-05-23
01:04:55		 38.469 15.961 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 165169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-05-23 01:04:55 ± 0.401
Latitude 38.4690 ± 0.0158
Longitude 15.9610 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 8 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 165169

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) 2491.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 159
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01198
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 165169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:34:29

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 165169
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
--.SA1.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:26.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 276 0.8769 -0.01 0.7
--.CSI.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:21.12 10.0 undecidable manual PN 10 1.332 0.9 0.5
--.ROI.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:18.62 10.0 undecidable manual PN 22 1.1988 0.34 1.3
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 204 0.4995 0.8 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:13.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.8769 0.04 1.8
--.GRI.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:13.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 45 0.4995 -0.05 0.8
--.ATN.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:13.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 231 0.4995 -0.72 0.4
--.CZI.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:10.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 9 0.7548 -0.5 1.4
--.SC9.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:06.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 222 0.2775 -0.47 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:05.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 231 0.4995 -0.39 1.7
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:05.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 204 0.4995 -0.47 1.5
--.GRI.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:05.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 45 0.4995 -0.61 1.3
--.SC9.Z. 1992-05-23T01:05:03.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 222 0.2775 1.21 0.4
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