Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 06-09-1997 and time 13:41:52 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 06-09-1997 13:41:52 (UTC)
  • 06-09-1997 15:41:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8970, 15.3980 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 5 1554 1554
Forza d'Agrò ME 6 911 2465
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 6 9377 11842
Furci Siculo ME 7 3382 15224
Letojanni ME 8 2861 18085
Savoca ME 8 1732 19817
Roccalumera ME 9 4141 23958
Gallodoro ME 9 367 24325
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 10 842 25167
Nizza di Sicilia ME 10 3667 28834
Pagliara ME 11 1170 30004
Mongiuffi Melia ME 11 600 30604
Taormina ME 11 10960 41564
Castelmola ME 11 1088 42652
Roccafiorita ME 12 197 42849
Limina ME 12 836 43685
Giardini-Naxos ME 12 9415 53100
Alì Terme ME 12 2539 55639
Mandanici ME 14 601 56240
Fiumedinisi ME 14 1409 57649
Alì ME 15 768 58417
Graniti ME 15 1492 59909
Antillo ME 16 919 60828
Gaggi ME 16 3184 64012
Calatabiano CT 17 5308 69320
Scaletta Zanclea ME 17 2140 71460
Itala ME 18 1640 73100
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 73945

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
36 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
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 2.3
1997-09-06
13:41:52
37.897 15.398 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 277079
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-09-06 13:41:52 ± 0.363
Latitude 37.8970 ± 0.0160
Longitude 15.3980 ± 0.0361
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 277079

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) 3632.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 181
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) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00235
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00971
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 277079
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:21:46

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 277079
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
--.CS9.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:28.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 272 1.0434 -0.79 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:25.71 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.8991 1.4 0.2
--.AU9.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:15.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 192 0.6549 -0.76 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:15.23 10.0 undecidable manual PN 275 1.0767 1.14 0.7
--.CS9.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:13.95 10.0 undecidable manual PG 272 1.0434 0.53 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:10.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 210 0.8991 -0.75 1.3
--.AU9.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:06.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 192 0.6549 0.34 2
--.ATN.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:03.56 10.0 undecidable manual SG 11 0.2553 0.81 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1997-09-06T13:42:03.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 273 0.5439 -0.82 1.3
--.ATN.Z. 1997-09-06T13:41:57.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 11 0.2553 -0.6 1.7
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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