Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 18-10-1986 and time 21:48:56 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 18-10-1986 20:48:56 (UTC)
  • 18-10-1986 21:48:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5780, 14.2790 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
87 Km NE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Palermo (674435 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 2.5 1986-10-18
20:48:56
38.578 14.279 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 36119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-10-18 20:48:56 ± 1.164
Latitude 38.5780 ± 0.0674
Longitude 14.2790 ± 0.0439
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 36119

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) 8403.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 270
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00550
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01328
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 36119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:36:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SO9.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:42.50 10.0 undecidable manual SN 109 1.4763 0.72 0.6
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:30.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 1.0101 -0.16 0.9
--.SO9.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:23.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 109 1.4763 1.04 1
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 198 0.6105 1.09 0.5
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:15.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 1.0101 -1.04 1.2
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-18T20:49:08.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 198 0.6105 -0.67 1.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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