Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 23-06-1989 and time 02:27:25 (Italy) in region 5 km W Capizzi (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Capizzi (ME), on

  • 23-06-1989 00:27:25 (UTC)
  • 23-06-1989 02:27:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8470, 14.4220 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
Capizzi ME 5 3176 3176
Cerami EN 9 2006 5182
Mistretta ME 11 4791 9973
Castel di Lucio ME 11 1294 11267
Sperlinga EN 11 805 12072
Nicosia EN 11 13899 25971
Reitano ME 16 806 26777
Troina EN 17 9373 36150
Pettineo ME 18 1350 37500
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 18 3593 41093
Motta d'Affermo ME 18 739 41832
Gangi PA 20 6811 48643
Caronia ME 20 3364 52007
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 20 4694 56701

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
100 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1989-06-23
00:27:25
37.847 14.422 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 93739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-06-23 00:27:25 ± 0.115
Latitude 37.8470 ± 0.0096
Longitude 14.4220 ± 0.0086
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 93739

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) 1309.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 94
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00907
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 93739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:27:49

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 93739
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
--.MEU.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:53.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 156 0.7992 0.54 0.2
--.SA1.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:52.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 24 0.777 -0.18 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:45.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 1.0101 0.16 1
--.ATN.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:43.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 69 0.8769 0.06 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:42.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 152 0.888 -0.74 0.2
--.MEU.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:41.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 156 0.7992 -0.03 1.3
--.LPI.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:41.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 32 0.7548 0.81 0.1
--.SA1.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:40.79 10.0 negative manual PG 24 0.777 -0.44 1.3
--.MCT.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:39.54 10.0 positive manual PG 250 0.6771 0.21 2.4
--.GIB.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:38.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 294 0.3441 0.2 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:35.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 68 0.222 0.25 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:32.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 294 0.3441 -0.25 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1989-06-23T00:27:31.60 10.0 positive manual PG 68 0.222 0.07 2.8
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