Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 22-10-1986 and time 02:47:25 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Bronte (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Bronte (CT), on

  • 22-10-1986 01:47:25 (UTC)
  • 22-10-1986 02:47:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7950, 14.8380 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
Bronte CT 1 19172 19172
Maletto CT 5 3920 23092
Maniace CT 8 3765 26857
CesarĂ² ME 12 2439 29296
Randazzo CT 13 10900 40196
San Teodoro ME 14 1403 41599
Adrano CT 15 36122 77721
Biancavilla CT 17 24007 101728
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 102708

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Vittoria (63339 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 2.3 1986-10-22
01:47:25
37.795 14.838 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 36239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-10-22 01:47:25 ± 0.182
Latitude 37.7950 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.8380 ± 0.0180
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 36239

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) 1989.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00154
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00615
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 36239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:36:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ML9.Z. 1986-10-22T01:47:50.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.6882 0.51 0.3
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-22T01:47:47.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 53 0.5994 0.44 0.4
--.ML9.Z. 1986-10-22T01:47:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 173 0.6882 -0.36 1.2
--.AT9.Z. 1986-10-22T01:47:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 53 0.5994 -0.46 1
--.MS9.Z. 1986-10-22T01:47:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 320 0.1665 0.09 2.1
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