Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 16-02-1988 and time 23:24:25 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-02-1988 22:24:25 (UTC)
  • 16-02-1988 23:24:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2180, 14.8870 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 7074
Piraino ME 6 3962 11036
Brolo ME 8 5783 16819
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 18434
Patti ME 11 13431 31865
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 12 3090 34955
Ficarra ME 13 1469 36424
Naso ME 14 3813 40237
Capo d'Orlando ME 14 13254 53491
Librizzi ME 15 1660 55151
Sinagra ME 15 2705 57856
Castell'Umberto ME 16 3128 60984
Raccuja ME 18 1041 62025
Oliveri ME 18 2181 64206
Mirto ME 19 974 65180
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 66499
Ucria ME 19 1058 67557
Capri Leone ME 20 4515 72072
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 74987

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.6
1988-02-16
22:24:25
38.218 14.887 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 63169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-02-16 22:24:25 ± 0.337
Latitude 38.2180 ± 0.0252
Longitude 14.8870 ± 0.0179
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 63169

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) 3206.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 205
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00834
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 63169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:59:58

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63169
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. 1988-02-16T22:24:57.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.9213 -0.35 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:44.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.9213 -0.42 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:42.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.444 -0.45 0.3
--.GIB.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:40.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 251 0.7104 -0.39 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:37.87 10.0 undecidable manual SG 207 0.3108 -0.26 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:35.91 10.0 negative manual PG 97 0.444 0.22 3.4
--.MNO.Z. 1988-02-16T22:24:33.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 207 0.3108 0.21 1.1
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