Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 05-06-1993 and time 14:54:57 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 05-06-1993 14:54:57 (UTC)
  • 05-06-1993 16:54:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3630, 15.2830 at 165 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
Milazzo ME 16 31646 31646
Venetico ME 17 3911 35557
Spadafora ME 18 5021 40578
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 49162
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 56593

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
97 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 1.7
1993-06-05
14:54:57
38.363 15.283 165 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 186759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-06-05 14:54:57 ± 1.048
Latitude 38.3630 ± 0.0455
Longitude 15.2830 ± 0.1340
Depth (km) 165 ± 8 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 186759

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) 12734.6
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 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01603
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 186759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:55:25

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 186759
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
--.MGR.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:56.63 10.0 undecidable manual S 6 1.776 0.49 0.3
--.CZI.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:42.92 10.0 undecidable manual S 37 1.0767 -1.15 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:39.10 10.0 undecidable manual S 115 0.666 0.23 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:36.70 10.0 undecidable manual S 145 0.2442 0.32 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:31.48 10.0 undecidable manual P 6 1.776 0.26 1.3
--.ROI.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:30.43 10.0 undecidable manual P 39 1.5651 1.57 0.2
--.TDS.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:27.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 32 1.5318 -1.01 0.4
--.CZI.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:24.16 10.0 undecidable manual P 37 1.0767 -0.09 3.3
--.SOI.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:21.51 10.0 undecidable manual P 115 0.666 0.26 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1993-06-05T14:55:19.20 10.0 undecidable manual P 145 0.2442 -0.43 1.4
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