Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 26-03-1994 and time 02:29:54 (Italy) in region Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Calabra sud occidentale (Catanzaro, Vibo Valentia, Reggio di Calabria), on

  • 26-03-1994 01:29:54 (UTC)
  • 26-03-1994 02:29:54 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5000, 15.8830 at 10 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
San Ferdinando RC 3 4490 4490
Nicotera VV 7 6290 10780
Gioia Tauro RC 8 19864 30644
Rosarno RC 9 14841 45485
Joppolo VV 10 1926 47411
Limbadi VV 10 3695 51106
Rizziconi RC 12 7829 58935
San Calogero VV 14 4315 63250
Ricadi VV 14 4900 68150
Spilinga VV 15 1464 69614
Rombiolo VV 15 4569 74183
Palmi RC 16 18930 93113
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 17 1695 94808
Melicucco RC 17 5101 99909
Laureana di Borrello RC 17 5174 105083
Candidoni RC 18 416 105499
Seminara RC 18 2811 108310
Filandari VV 18 1853 110163
Zaccanopoli VV 19 752 110915
Drapia VV 19 2085 113000
Anoia RC 19 2212 115212
Serrata RC 19 845 116057
Mileto VV 19 6763 122820
Zungri VV 20 1976 124796
Maropati RC 20 1524 126320
Polistena RC 20 10496 136816
Taurianova RC 20 15636 152452
Tropea VV 20 6441 158893

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 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 2.1 1994-03-26
01:29:54
38.5 15.883 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 207039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-03-26 01:29:54 ± 0.364
Latitude 38.5000 ± 0.0212
Longitude 15.8830 ± 0.0527
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 207039

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) 5160.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 150
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00300
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00664
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 207039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:15:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MO9.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:13.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 196 0.5106 0.16 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:10.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 162 0.444 -0.61 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:10.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.4662 -1.36 0.1
--.GMB.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:09.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 187 0.333 1.91 0
--.CZI.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:09.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 15 0.7326 0.12 2
--.MO9.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:05.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 196 0.5106 -0.06 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:04.16 10.0 negative manual PG 224 0.4662 -0.19 2.4
--.SOI.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:03.10 10.0 negative manual PG 162 0.444 -0.83 1.3
--.GMB.Z. 1994-03-26T01:30:02.63 10.0 positive manual PG 187 0.333 0.88 1.2
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