Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 07-09-1992 and time 03:36:05 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 07-09-1992 01:36:05 (UTC)
  • 07-09-1992 03:36:05 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3060, 14.9450 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 15 7074 7074
Piraino ME 17 3962 11036
Lipari ME 18 12753 23789
Patti ME 18 13431 37220
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 38835
Brolo ME 19 5783 44618

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.6
1992-09-07
01:36:05
38.306 14.945 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 172889
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-09-07 01:36:05 ± 0.297
Latitude 38.3060 ± 0.0212
Longitude 14.9450 ± 0.0264
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 172889

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) 3300.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01166
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 172889
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:41:46

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 172889
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. 1992-09-07T01:36:36.35 10.0 undecidable manual SG 104 0.8991 0.24 0.6
--.CZI.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 45 1.2987 -3.13 0
--.SOI.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:22.59 10.0 undecidable manual PG 104 0.8991 -0.46 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:21.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 207 0.4107 1.25 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:21.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 109 0.4329 0.57 0.5
--.SA1.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:15.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 341 0.2664 -0.56 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:14.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 109 0.4329 -0.02 2
--.MNO.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:13.25 10.0 undecidable manual PG 207 0.4107 -0.89 0.6
--.SA1.Z. 1992-09-07T01:36:11.64 10.0 negative manual PG 341 0.2664 0.28 3.6
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