Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 14-01-1997 and time 14:15:37 (Italy) in region 3 km NE Rosarno (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Rosarno (RC), on

  • 14-01-1997 13:15:37 (UTC)
  • 14-01-1997 14:15:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5040, 16.0060 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
Rosarno RC 3 14841 14841
Laureana di Borrello RC 7 5174 20015
Candidoni RC 7 416 20431
Feroleto della Chiesa RC 7 1695 22126
Limbadi VV 7 3695 25821
San Calogero VV 8 4315 30136
Nicotera VV 8 6290 36426
San Ferdinando RC 8 4490 40916
Serrata RC 9 845 41761
Melicucco RC 9 5101 46862
Anoia RC 10 2212 49074
Galatro RC 10 1709 50783
Maropati RC 10 1524 52307
Rombiolo VV 11 4569 56876
Rizziconi RC 11 7829 64705
San Pietro di Caridà RC 11 1195 65900
Mileto VV 12 6763 72663
Polistena RC 12 10496 83159
Gioia Tauro RC 12 19864 103023
Cinquefrondi RC 13 6539 109562
Dinami VV 13 2168 111730
Filandari VV 13 1853 113583
Joppolo VV 13 1926 115509
Giffone RC 15 1907 117416
Ionadi VV 15 4238 121654
Francica VV 15 1651 123305
San Giorgio Morgeto RC 16 3058 126363
San Costantino Calabro VV 16 2239 128602
Spilinga VV 16 1464 130066
Taurianova RC 17 15636 145702
Acquaro VV 17 2484 148186
Zungri VV 17 1976 150162
San Gregorio d'Ippona VV 18 2527 152689
Cittanova RC 18 10410 163099
Dasà VV 18 1208 164307
Cessaniti VV 18 3290 167597
Ricadi VV 18 4900 172497
Arena VV 19 1456 173953
Zaccanopoli VV 19 752 174705
Drapia VV 20 2085 176790

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
52 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
91 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.7
1997-01-14
13:15:37
38.504 16.006 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 259669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-01-14 13:15:37 ± 0.246
Latitude 38.5040 ± 0.0172
Longitude 16.0060 ± 0.0261
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 259669

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) 2969.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 174
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00300
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00502
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:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 259669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:05:37

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 259669
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
--.MO9.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:58.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 205 0.555 1.28 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:56.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 230 0.5439 -0.58 0.4
--.GRI.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:53.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 45 0.444 0.19 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:52.81 10.0 undecidable manual SG 174 0.4329 -0.21 0.7
--.SC9.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:49.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 222 0.333 -0.43 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:49.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 205 0.555 1.1 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:48.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 230 0.5439 0.06 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:46.00 10.0 positive manual PG 174 0.4329 -0.35 2.9
--.GRI.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:46.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 45 0.444 0 1.8
--.SC9.Z. 1997-01-14T13:15:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 222 0.333 -0.56 1.1
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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