Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 31-08-1991 and time 01:30:05 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 31-08-1991 01:30:05 (UTC)
  • 31-08-1991 03:30:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3240, 15.3520 at 8 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
Spadafora ME 11 5021 5021
Venetico ME 12 3911 8932
Villafranca Tirrena ME 12 8584 17516
Valdina ME 15 1355 18871
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 26302
Milazzo ME 15 31646 57948
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 59081
Saponara ME 16 3988 63069
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 69308
CondrĂ² ME 17 493 69801
Rometta ME 18 6650 76451
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 18 1807 78258
San Pier Niceto ME 18 2837 81095
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 88210
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 90987
Merì ME 20 2338 93325

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
35 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 Km N 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
Md 2.2
ML-VAX 1.6
1991-08-31
01:30:05
38.324 15.352 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 148499
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-31 01:30:05 ± 0.371
Latitude 38.3240 ± 0.0337
Longitude 15.3520 ± 0.0293
Depth (km) 8 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 148499

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) 4540.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 148
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00162
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00971
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 148499
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:18:36

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 148499
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. 1991-08-31T01:30:26.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 114 0.5994 -0.27 0.4
--.CZI.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:26.32 10.0 undecidable manual PN 34 1.0767 0.12 1.6
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:22.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.4662 0.3 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:21.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 140 0.4107 1.1 0
--.SOI.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:17.47 10.0 positive manual PG 114 0.5994 -0.09 2.3
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:14.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.4662 -0.36 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:13.47 10.0 positive manual PG 140 0.4107 -0.63 0.8
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:13.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 152 0.1776 0.92 0
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-31T01:30:09.50 10.0 positive manual PG 152 0.1776 0 2.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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