Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 22-03-1993 and time 11:39:28 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

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

  • 22-03-1993 10:39:28 (UTC)
  • 22-03-1993 11:39:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4230, 14.3820 at 6 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
85 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
95 Km E of Palermo (674435 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 2.0
1993-03-22
10:39:28
38.423 14.382 6 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 182309
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-03-22 10:39:28 ± 0.671
Latitude 38.4230 ± 0.0312
Longitude 14.3820 ± 0.0314
Depth (km) 6 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 182309

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) 4419.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 221
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01287
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 182309
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:51:04

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 182309
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
--.PZI.Z. 1993-03-22T10:40:15.25 10.0 undecidable manual SN 162 1.4319 0.63 0.4
--.AU9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:40:14.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 150 1.3431 1.63 0
--.SOI.Z. 1993-03-22T10:40:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 104 1.3542 -0.74 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:40:06.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 112 1.11 -0.89 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1993-03-22T10:40:00.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.8769 -0.07 0.8
--.PZI.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:56.12 10.0 undecidable manual PN 162 1.4319 0.79 0.8
--.AU9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 150 1.3431 -0.04 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 104 1.3542 -0.25 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:53.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 165 1.3542 -0.74 0.9
--.MO9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:51.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 112 1.11 0.63 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:49.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 153 0.5439 0.33 0.7
--.CS9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:49.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 207 0.5439 0.64 0.5
--.SC9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:49.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 1.0545 -1.1 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:46.60 10.0 negative manual PG 107 0.8769 -0.34 3.4
--.SA1.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:45.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 68 0.3774 1.53 0.1
--.CS9.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:40.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 207 0.5439 -0.23 1.8
--.MNO.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:40.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.5439 -0.14 1.9
--.SA1.Z. 1993-03-22T10:39:38.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 68 0.3774 0.76 1.1
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