Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 17-04-1988 and time 05:21:36 (Italy) in region 13 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 13 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 17-04-1988 03:21:36 (UTC)
  • 17-04-1988 05:21:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7490, 14.9730 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
Milo CT 13 1087 1087
Maletto CT 13 3920 5007
Bronte CT 13 19172 24179
Zafferana Etnea CT 13 9517 33696
Ragalna CT 13 3924 37620
Randazzo CT 15 10900 48520
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 72527
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 74109
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 81572
Adrano CT 16 36122 117694
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 126286
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 16 7641 133927
Pedara CT 17 14102 148029
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 158939
Belpasso CT 17 28108 187047
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 187764
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 193167
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 194147
Viagrande CT 19 8563 202710
Giarre CT 19 27659 230369
Maniace CT 19 3765 234134
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 238097
Mascali CT 20 14282 252379
PaternĂ² CT 20 48228 300607
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 20 3215 303822
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 311565

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 1988-04-17
03:21:36
37.749 14.973 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66769
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-04-17 03:21:36 ± 0.248
Latitude 37.7490 ± 0.0149
Longitude 14.9730 ± 0.0217
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66769

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) 2521.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01020
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 66769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:03:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1988-04-17T03:22:09.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 68 0.9102 1.38 0.1
--.MEU.Z. 1988-04-17T03:22:00.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 189 0.6327 0.66 0.6
--.FAI.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 245 1.1322 -1.05 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.555 -0.35 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:54.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 68 0.9102 -0.78 1
--.MEU.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:50.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 189 0.6327 0.12 2.1
--.ATN.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:48.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.555 -0.39 1.8
--.MNO.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:48.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 309 0.2775 0.21 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1988-04-17T03:21:43.99 10.0 undecidable manual PG 309 0.2775 0.69 1.3
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