Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 14-05-1988 and time 09:00:56 (UTC) in region 2 km SW Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME), on

  • 14-05-1988 09:00:56 (UTC)
  • 14-05-1988 11:00:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0790, 15.1230 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
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 2 1531 1531
Furnari ME 3 3784 5315
Tripi ME 4 873 6188
Falcone ME 6 2808 8996
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 11052
Basicò ME 6 612 11664
Novara di Sicilia ME 7 1337 13001
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 20396
Oliveri ME 8 2181 22577
Castroreale ME 8 2504 25081
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 26100
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 28387
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 69970
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 72885
Librizzi ME 15 1660 74545
Merì ME 15 2338 76883
Patti ME 16 13431 90314
Antillo ME 16 919 91233
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 95883
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 97498
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 104613
Raccuja ME 19 1041 105654
Malvagna ME 19 733 106387
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 107053
Mandanici ME 19 601 107654
Milazzo ME 19 31646 139300
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 141107
Pace del Mela ME 20 6239 147346
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 151291

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.7
1988-05-14
09:00:56
38.079 15.123 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 69259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-05-14 09:00:56 ± 0.331
Latitude 38.0790 ± 0.0336
Longitude 15.1230 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 69259

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) 4136.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 156
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00243
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00656
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 69259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:05:35

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 69259
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
--.MNO.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:10.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 246 0.3552 1.07 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:10.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.7326 -0.54 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:07.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 73 0.2664 0.48 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:06.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.5328 -0.29 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:03.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 246 0.3552 -0.6 0.7
--.ATN.Z. 1988-05-14T09:01:02.53 10.0 positive manual PG 73 0.2664 0.2 3
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