Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 15-10-1988 and time 14:41:40 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 15-10-1988 14:41:40 (UTC)
  • 15-10-1988 15:41:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4650, 14.6980 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
Leni ME 15 696 696
Malfa ME 17 982 1678
Santa Marina Salina ME 19 903 2581

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
81 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.0
1988-10-15
14:41:40
38.465 14.698 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 78769
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-15 14:41:40 ± 0.19
Latitude 38.4650 ± 0.0047
Longitude 14.6980 ± 0.0109
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 78769

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) 1080.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
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
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00121
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00478
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 78769
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:14:04

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 78769
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. 1988-10-15T14:41:59.49 10.0 undecidable manual SG 180 0.5328 -0.2 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1988-10-15T14:41:51.71 10.0 negative manual PG 180 0.5328 0.05 1.5
--.LPI.Z. 1988-10-15T14:41:48.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 82 0.1776 0.09 0.3
--.SA1.Z. 1988-10-15T14:41:47.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 47 0.1332 -0.09 0.3
--.LPI.Z. 1988-10-15T14:41:45.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 0.1776 -0.01 1.2
--.SA1.Z. 1988-10-15T14:41:44.47 10.0 positive manual PG 47 0.1332 0 2.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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