Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 08-01-1988 and time 08:10:32 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Messina (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Messina (ME), on

  • 08-01-1988 07:10:32 (UTC)
  • 08-01-1988 08:10:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1500, 15.5230 at 9 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
Messina ME 6 238439 238439
Saponara ME 9 3988 242427
Rometta ME 10 6650 249077
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 432112
Monforte San Giorgio ME 12 2777 434889
Villafranca Tirrena ME 12 8584 443473
Villa San Giovanni RC 13 13784 457257
Scaletta Zanclea ME 13 2140 459397
Itala ME 13 1640 461037
Roccavaldina ME 13 1133 462170
Campo Calabro RC 14 4536 466706
Valdina ME 14 1355 468061
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 470898
Spadafora ME 15 5021 475919
Torregrotta ME 16 7431 483350
Venetico ME 16 3911 487261
Alì ME 16 768 488029
Fiumara RC 16 1018 489047
Condrò ME 17 493 489540
Calanna RC 18 934 490474
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 492281
Alì Terme ME 18 2539 494820
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 496229
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 502468
Laganadi RC 19 413 502881
San Roberto RC 20 1750 504631

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
12 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
81 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.6
1988-01-08
07:10:32
38.15 15.523 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 60689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-01-08 07:10:32 ± 0.363
Latitude 38.1500 ± 0.0390
Longitude 15.5230 ± 0.0199
Depth (km) 9 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 60689

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) 4677.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00040
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00380
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 60689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:57:51

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 60689
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
--.SOI.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:47.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 100 0.4218 -1.08 0
--.GMB.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:42.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 85 0.2331 -0.1 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:41.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.4218 0.04 0.8
--.GMB.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:38.80 10.0 positive manual PG 85 0.2331 0.39 1.2
--.MSI.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:36.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 25 0.0555 0.11 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:35.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 280 0.0444 -0.49 0.2
--.MSI.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:34.84 10.0 negative manual PG 25 0.0555 -0.14 2.4
--.ATN.Z. 1988-01-08T07:10:34.93 10.0 positive manual PG 280 0.0444 0.09 2.5
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