Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 18-07-1993 and time 22:09:56 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 18-07-1993 22:09:56 (UTC)
  • 19-07-1993 00:09:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6730, 15.3640 at 150 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
67 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.8
1993-07-18
22:09:56
38.673 15.364 150 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 191619
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-07-18 22:09:56 ± 0.608
Latitude 38.6730 ± 0.0258
Longitude 15.3640 ± 0.0717
Depth (km) 150 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 191619

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) 6858.2
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00461
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01190
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 191619
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:00:01

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 191619
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. 1993-07-18T22:10:37.53 10.0 undecidable manual S 137 0.7992 0.46 0.2
--.CZI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:36.61 10.0 undecidable manual S 47 0.7992 -0.48 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:34.28 10.0 undecidable manual S 171 0.5106 0.39 0.3
--.CSI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:25.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 32 1.3209 0.55 0.2
--.ROI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:24.36 10.0 undecidable manual P 45 1.2876 0.14 1.2
--.TDS.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:23.74 10.0 undecidable manual P 37 1.2432 0.04 1.4
--.GRI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 79 0.8214 -0.09 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:19.77 10.0 undecidable manual P 137 0.7992 -0.16 1.4
--.CZI.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:19.64 10.0 undecidable manual P 47 0.7992 -0.3 2
--.ATN.Z. 1993-07-18T22:10:17.93 10.0 undecidable manual P 171 0.5106 -0.17 1.4
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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