Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 24-10-1988 and time 12:05:58 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 24-10-1988 11:05:58 (UTC)
  • 24-10-1988 12:05:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2180, 14.1330 at 6 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
57 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.9
1988-10-24
11:05:58
38.218 14.133 6 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 79709
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-10-24 11:05:58 ± 0.245
Latitude 38.2180 ± 0.0121
Longitude 14.1330 ± 0.0093
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 79709

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) 1575.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 238
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00939
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 79709
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:15:00

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 79709
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
--.ATN.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 92 1.0434 0.12 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:17.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 122 0.5217 0.09 0.4
--.MCT.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:13.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 214 0.7215 0 1.7
--.MNO.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:08.89 10.0 undecidable manual PG 122 0.5217 -0.4 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:07.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 199 0.2442 0.04 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1988-10-24T11:06:03.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 199 0.2442 -0.01 2
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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