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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 05-12-1993 and time 04:17:06 (Italy) in region 2 km E San Giorgio Morgeto (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E San Giorgio Morgeto (RC), on

  • 05-12-1993 03:17:06 (UTC)
  • 05-12-1993 04:17:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3920, 16.1280 at 5 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
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 2 3058 3058
Cinquefrondi RC 4 6539 9597
Polistena RC 5 10496 20093
Cittanova RC 6 10410 30503
Giffone RC 6 1907 32410
Anoia RC 6 2212 34622
Maropati RC 6 1524 36146
Melicucco RC 8 5101 41247
Galatro RC 8 1709 42956
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 10 1695 44651
Mammola RC 10 2847 47498
Canolo RC 11 746 48244
Taurianova RC 11 15636 63880
Laureana di Borrello RC 12 5174 69054
Grotteria RC 12 3154 72208
Molochio RC 13 2564 74772
Agnana Calabra RC 13 562 75334
Terranova Sappo Minulio RC 13 523 75857
Candidoni RC 13 416 76273
Antonimina RC 13 1317 77590
San Giovanni di Gerace RC 13 481 78071
Serrata RC 14 845 78916
San Pietro di Caridà RC 15 1195 80111
Martone RC 15 530 80641
Rizziconi RC 15 7829 88470
Varapodio RC 15 2160 90630
Gerace RC 16 2652 93282
Dinami VV 16 2168 95450
Ciminà RC 16 568 96018
Gioiosa Ionica RC 16 7181 103199
Oppido Mamertina RC 17 5332 108531
Rosarno RC 17 14841 123372
Fabrizia VV 19 2195 125567
Acquaro VV 19 2484 128051
Portigliola RC 19 1201 129252
Sant'Ilario dello Ionio RC 20 1377 130629

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
67 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.0 		1993-12-05
03:17:06		 38.392 16.128 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 201319
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-12-05 03:17:06 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.3920 ± 0.0107
Longitude 16.1280 ± 0.0206
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 201319

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) 2150.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01619
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 201319
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:09:16

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 201319
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
--.MGR.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:37.26 10.0 undecidable manual PN 345 1.7982 -0.66 0.4
--.ORI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:36.65 10.0 undecidable manual PN 8 1.6761 0.44 0.7
--.ROI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:31.11 10.0 undecidable manual PN 15 1.221 1.05 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:25.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 221 0.5106 -0.39 0.5
--.GRI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:24.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 27 0.4884 -0.16 0.6
--.SC9.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:19.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 247 0.3441 -0.53 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:18.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 190 0.3108 -0.51 0.6
--.MO9.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:17.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 221 0.5106 -0.23 1.5
--.MSI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:17.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 247 0.4884 0.7 0.6
--.GRI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:16.56 10.0 positive manual PG 27 0.4884 -0.49 2.1
--.SC9.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:14.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 247 0.3441 -0.03 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1993-12-05T03:17:13.86 10.0 positive manual PG 190 0.3108 0.23 2.9
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