Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 31-05-1990 and time 14:05:09 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Alimena (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Alimena (PA), on

  • 31-05-1990 14:05:09 (UTC)
  • 31-05-1990 16:05:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6880, 14.1090 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
Alimena PA 1 2032 2032
Bompietro PA 7 1401 3433
Resuttano CL 7 2038 5471
Blufi PA 8 1029 6500
Castellana Sicula PA 12 3411 9911
Petralia Soprana PA 12 3360 13271
Villarosa EN 12 4937 18208
Santa Caterina Villarmosa CL 13 5388 23596
Petralia Sottana PA 13 2821 26417
Gangi PA 15 6811 33228
Polizzi Generosa PA 17 3407 36635
Calascibetta EN 18 4528 41163
Geraci Siculo PA 20 1945 43108
Marianopoli CL 20 1906 45014

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
62 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
68 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
81 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
90 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Acireale (52622 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 1990-05-31
14:05:09
37.688 14.109 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 120179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-05-31 14:05:09 ± 0.338
Latitude 37.6880 ± 0.0193
Longitude 14.1090 ± 0.0290
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 120179

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) 3333.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
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) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00275
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00826
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 120179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:51:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZI.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.9213 -0.09 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:29.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 61 0.5217 0.56 0.5
--.FAI.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:28.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 219 0.5439 -0.57 0.5
--.PZI.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.9213 -1.34 0.4
--.FAI.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 219 0.5439 1.11 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:21.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 61 0.5217 0.47 1.4
--.GIB.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 347 0.3108 -1.54 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1990-05-31T14:05:16.50 10.0 positive manual PG 347 0.3108 -0.05 3.7
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