Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 05-03-1988 and time 05:36:35 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 05-03-1988 04:36:35 (UTC)
  • 05-03-1988 05:36:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1830, 15.1040 at 121 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 7395
Oliveri ME 7 2181 9576
Falcone ME 8 2808 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 61338
Merì ME 13 2338 63676
Milazzo ME 13 31646 95322
Patti ME 13 13431 108753
Castroreale ME 13 2504 111257
Basicò ME 14 612 111869
Tripi ME 15 873 112742
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 114357
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 121472
Librizzi ME 16 1660 123132
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 127782
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 134021
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 141095
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 142432
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 144239
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 147154
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 149441
Condrò ME 20 493 149934

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 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
1988-03-05
04:36:35
38.183 15.104 121 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 64039
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-03-05 04:36:35 ± 0.535
Latitude 38.1830 ± 0.0580
Longitude 15.1040 ± 0.0492
Depth (km) 121 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64039

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) 7753.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 319
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) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01085
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 64039
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:00:46

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64039
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
--.GRI.Z. 1988-03-05T04:37:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual S 57 1.1988 0.57 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1988-03-05T04:37:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 98 0.7437 -0.26 0.9
--.ATN.Z. 1988-03-05T04:37:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 95 0.2775 -0.17 0.8
--.GRI.Z. 1988-03-05T04:36:59.58 10.0 undecidable manual P 57 1.1988 -0.41 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1988-03-05T04:36:55.86 10.0 undecidable manual P 98 0.7437 0.29 1.4
--.ATN.Z. 1988-03-05T04:36:52.75 10.0 undecidable manual P 95 0.2775 0.12 2
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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