Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 05-08-1992 and time 15:53:31 (Italy) in region Costa Agrigentina (Agrigento)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Agrigentina (Agrigento), on

  • 05-08-1992 13:53:31 (UTC)
  • 05-08-1992 15:53:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2570, 13.0760 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
61 Km SE of Mazara del Vallo (51718 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Marsala (83194 inhabitants)
91 Km W of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
98 Km SE of Trapani (68759 inhabitants)
99 Km S of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Bagheria (55387 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 2.5
ML-VAX 2.3
1992-08-05
13:53:31
37.257 13.076 0 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 171009
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-08-05 13:53:31 ± 1.245
Latitude 37.2570 ± 0.0571
Longitude 13.0760 ± 0.0538
Depth (km) 0 ± 8 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 171009

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) 7930.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 236
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00429
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01263
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 171009
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:39:53

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 171009
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. 1992-08-05T13:54:19.97 10.0 undecidable manual SN 95 1.3986 2.3 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1992-08-05T13:54:07.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 45 1.0434 -0.77 0.6
--.MEU.Z. 1992-08-05T13:53:57.16 10.0 undecidable manual PN 95 1.3986 -0.87 1.2
--.GIB.Z. 1992-08-05T13:53:51.73 10.0 undecidable manual PG 45 1.0434 -1.09 1.1
--.CVT.Z. 1992-08-05T13:53:49.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 331 0.4773 -0.08 0.8
--.MCT.Z. 1992-08-05T13:53:44.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 49 0.5439 0.98 1.3
--.CVT.Z. 1992-08-05T13:53:42.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 331 0.4773 0.47 1.9
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