Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 28-06-1992 and time 02:44:30 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 28-06-1992 00:44:30 (UTC)
  • 28-06-1992 02:44:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1380, 15.6160 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
Reggio di Calabria RC 4 183035 183035
Messina ME 8 238439 421474
Villa San Giovanni RC 9 13784 435258
Campo Calabro RC 9 4536 439794
Fiumara RC 11 1018 440812
Calanna RC 11 934 441746
Laganadi RC 12 413 442159
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 13 343 442502
San Roberto RC 13 1750 444252
Cardeto RC 14 1641 445893
Scilla RC 16 4964 450857
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 16 1263 452120
Motta San Giovanni RC 17 6208 458328
Saponara ME 17 3988 462316
Scaletta Zanclea ME 17 2140 464456
Rometta ME 18 6650 471106
Itala ME 18 1640 472746
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 481330

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
8 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 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 1.8 1992-06-28
00:44:30
38.138 15.616 12 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 168629
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-06-28 00:44:30 ± 0.502
Latitude 38.1380 ± 0.0153
Longitude 15.6160 ± 0.0196
Depth (km) 12 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 168629

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) 2415.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00105
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00316
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 168629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:37:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:44.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 100 0.3552 0.34 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:38.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.3552 -0.07 1.6
--.SC9.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:38.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 33 0.1332 0.75 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:37.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 155 0.1443 -0.45 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:36.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 279 0.1221 -0.11 0.9
--.ATN.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:34.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 279 0.1221 0.13 1.9
--.MO9.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:34.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 155 0.1443 0.09 2.2
--.SC9.Z. 1992-06-28T00:44:33.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 33 0.1332 -0.87 0.5
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