Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 07-03-1994 and time 22:34:27 (UTC) in region 6 km W Samo (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Samo (RC), on

  • 07-03-1994 22:34:27 (UTC)
  • 07-03-1994 23:34:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0800, 15.9920 at 18 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
Samo RC 6 809 809
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 8 592 1401
Caraffa del Bianco RC 8 539 1940
Roccaforte del Greco RC 9 476 2416
Casignana RC 9 759 3175
Staiti RC 10 248 3423
Ferruzzano RC 10 772 4195
San Luca RC 10 3881 8076
Bova RC 11 448 8524
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 11 1111 9635
Africo RC 13 3075 12710
Bianco RC 14 4273 16983
Condofuri RC 14 5113 22096
Careri RC 16 2360 24456
San Lorenzo RC 16 2640 27096
Brancaleone RC 16 3584 30680
Bagaladi RC 16 1039 31719
Platì RC 16 3812 35531
Bova Marina RC 17 4235 39766
Benestare RC 18 2556 42322
Bovalino RC 18 8905 51227
Palizzi RC 18 2480 53707
Scido RC 19 931 54638
Delianuova RC 19 3352 57990
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 20 929 58919
Cardeto RC 20 1641 60560
Ardore RC 20 5088 65648

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
40 Km E of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.6
1994-03-07
22:34:27
38.08 15.992 18 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 206139
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-03-07 22:34:27 ± 0.176
Latitude 38.0800 ± 0.0129
Longitude 15.9920 ± 0.0102
Depth (km) 18 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 206139

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) 1688.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00040
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01028
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 206139
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:14:08

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 206139
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
--.CZI.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:48.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 5 1.1433 0 0.9
--.GRI.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 24 0.8103 -0.17 0.7
--.SC9.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:39.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 309 0.2775 0.18 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:37.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 251 0.2442 -0.54 0
--.MO9.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:34.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.2442 0.16 1.2
--.SC9.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:34.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 309 0.2775 0.05 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:33.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.0444 -0.24 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1994-03-07T22:34:31.49 10.0 negative manual PG 97 0.0444 0.11 2.9
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