Earthquake with magnitude of ML-VAX 2.0 on date 10-05-1990 and time 07:02:12 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML-VAX 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 10-05-1990 07:02:12 (UTC)
  • 10-05-1990 09:02:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2640, 15.4230 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 3 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 6 5021 13605
Venetico ME 7 3911 17516
Saponara ME 8 3988 21504
Valdina ME 9 1355 22859
Roccavaldina ME 10 1133 23992
Torregrotta ME 10 7431 31423
Rometta ME 10 6650 38073
Monforte San Giorgio ME 12 2777 40850
CondrĂ² ME 13 493 41343
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 44180
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 50419
Messina ME 14 238439 288858
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 14 1807 290665
Milazzo ME 16 31646 322311
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 329426
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 334076
Merì ME 19 2338 336414
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 350198

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
14 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 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
ML-VAX 2.0 1990-05-10
07:02:12
38.264 15.423 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 118279
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-05-10 07:02:12 ± 1.024
Latitude 38.2640 ± 0.0232
Longitude 15.4230 ± 0.0836
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 118279

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) 7739.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 249
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00300
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00988
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 118279
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
--.CZI.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:33.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 30 1.0989 -0.67 0.7
--.DR2.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:32.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 46 0.5439 -0.37 0.4
--.FE2.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.5661 1.37 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:24.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 141 0.333 -0.89 0.1
--.DR2.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:24.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 46 0.5439 0.61 1.1
--.MO9.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:20.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 141 0.333 0.08 1.6
--.GA2.Z. 1990-05-10T07:02:20.13 10.0 positive manual PG 106 0.333 -0.14 2.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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