Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 24-09-1989 and time 04:51:27 (Italy) in region 8 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 24-09-1989 03:51:27 (UTC)
  • 24-09-1989 04:51:27 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7600, 15.0420 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Milo CT 8 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 9 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 12 8592 20778
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 26181
Giarre CT 13 27659 53840
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 57803
Mascali CT 14 14282 72085
Riposto CT 15 14838 86923
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 96546
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 99761
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 100478
Randazzo CT 16 10900 111378
Pedara CT 16 14102 125480
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 132943
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 143853
Ragalna CT 17 3924 147777
Viagrande CT 17 8563 156340
Maletto CT 17 3920 160260
Malvagna ME 18 733 160993
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 164938
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 170246
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 188230
Bronte CT 19 19172 207402
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 208382
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 211906
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 212751
Gaggi ME 19 3184 215935
Roccella Valdemone ME 20 666 216601
Aci Catena CT 20 29851 246452
Belpasso CT 20 28108 274560
Acireale CT 20 52622 327182
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 351189

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 2.0 1989-09-24
03:51:27
37.76 15.042 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-09-24 03:51:27 ± 0.377
Latitude 37.7600 ± 0.0123
Longitude 15.0420 ± 0.0335
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 100409

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) 3244.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 243
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 100409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:33:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GIB.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:56.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 286 0.8214 0.38 0.1
--.MEU.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:50.65 10.0 undecidable manual SG 194 0.666 -0.19 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:43.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 286 0.8214 0.01 1.5
--.PZI.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 185 0.6993 0.35 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:40.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 194 0.666 -0.28 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:39.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 302 0.3108 -0.25 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1989-09-24T03:51:34.49 10.0 positive manual PG 302 0.3108 -0.03 3.4
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