Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 08-12-1985 and time 16:48:22 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-12-1985 15:48:22 (UTC)
  • 08-12-1985 16:48:22 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1410, 15.0690 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
Oliveri ME 2 2181 2181
Falcone ME 3 2808 4989
Furnari ME 6 3784 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 10304
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 17699
Basicò ME 9 612 18311
Patti ME 9 13431 31742
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 33798
Tripi ME 10 873 34671
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 36286
Librizzi ME 11 1660 37946
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 13 41583 79529
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 82444
Castroreale ME 13 2504 84948
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 87235
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 88572
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 95646
Merì ME 16 2338 97984
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 101074
Raccuja ME 17 1041 102115
Milazzo ME 18 31646 133761
Piraino ME 18 3962 137723
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 144838
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 19 4650 149488
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 150507
Ucria ME 20 1058 151565

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.4 1985-12-08
15:48:22
38.141 15.069 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17639
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-12-08 15:48:22 ± 0.238
Latitude 38.1410 ± 0.0762
Longitude 15.0690 ± 0.0138
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 17639

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) 8560.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 180
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.00348
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 17639
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:20:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GIB.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 260 0.8214 0.47 0.4
--.RCI.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 94 0.444 -0.27 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 260 0.8214 -0.4 1.1
--.MSI.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.3885 -0.66 0.2
--.RCI.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:32.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 94 0.444 0.18 2.1
--.MSI.Z. 1985-12-08T15:48:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.3885 0.39 1.4
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