Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 28-05-1997 and time 08:36:48 (UTC) in region 5 km SW Cardeto (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Cardeto (RC), on

  • 28-05-1997 08:36:48 (UTC)
  • 28-05-1997 10:36:48 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0510, 15.7330 at 13 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
Cardeto RC 5 1641 1641
Motta San Giovanni RC 6 6208 7849
Montebello Ionico RC 8 6214 14063
Bagaladi RC 8 1039 15102
San Lorenzo RC 10 2640 17742
Reggio di Calabria RC 10 183035 200777
Condofuri RC 12 5113 205890
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 14 343 206233
Laganadi RC 14 413 206646
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 207909
Roghudi RC 14 1104 209013
Roccaforte del Greco RC 15 476 209489
Calanna RC 15 934 210423
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 15 11355 221778
San Roberto RC 18 1750 223528
Fiumara RC 18 1018 224546
Bova RC 19 448 224994
Campo Calabro RC 19 4536 229530

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
22 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.7
1997-05-28
08:36:48
38.051 15.733 13 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 269769
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-05-28 08:36:48 ± 0.326
Latitude 38.0510 ± 0.0189
Longitude 15.7330 ± 0.0124
Depth (km) 13 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 269769

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) 2360.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00842
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 269769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:15:01

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 269769
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
--.GRI.Z. 1997-05-28T08:37:07.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.9324 0.42 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:57.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 296 0.2331 -0.07 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:57.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 84 0.2553 -0.58 0
--.SC9.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:56.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 356 0.1998 -0.57 0
--.SOI.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:54.13 10.0 positive manual PG 84 0.2553 -0.08 2.2
--.SC9.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:53.56 10.0 positive manual PG 356 0.1998 0.2 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:53.74 10.0 positive manual PG 296 0.2331 -0.2 1.7
--.MO9.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:53.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 212 0.0555 0.11 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1997-05-28T08:36:51.24 10.0 negative manual PG 212 0.0555 0.09 2.2
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