Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 13-01-1989 and time 02:54:21 (UTC) in region 3 km SE Longi (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Longi (ME), on

  • 13-01-1989 02:54:21 (UTC)
  • 13-01-1989 03:54:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0060, 14.7690 at 6 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Longi ME 3 1473 1473
Galati Mamertino ME 3 2627 4100
Tortorici ME 6 6435 10535
Alcara li Fusi ME 6 1980 12515
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 7 1319 13834
Frazzanò ME 8 711 14545
Mirto ME 9 974 15519
Militello Rosmarino ME 9 1324 16843
Castell'Umberto ME 10 3128 19971
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 10 1996 21967
Ucria ME 11 1058 23025
Sinagra ME 11 2705 25730
Floresta ME 13 485 26215
Torrenova ME 13 4386 30601
Capri Leone ME 13 4515 35116
Ficarra ME 13 1469 36585
Naso ME 13 3813 40398
Raccuja ME 14 1041 41439
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 14 12624 54063
San Fratello ME 15 3707 57770
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 16 3090 60860
Maniace CT 16 3765 64625
Acquedolci ME 17 5744 70369
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 83623
Brolo ME 18 5783 89406
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 92321
San Teodoro ME 19 1403 93724
Cesarò ME 19 2439 96163
Piraino ME 19 3962 100125
Librizzi ME 20 1660 101785
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 102765

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1989-01-13
02:54:21
38.006 14.769 5 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 85199
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-01-13 02:54:21 ± 0.28
Latitude 38.0060 ± 0.0163
Longitude 14.7690 ± 0.0193
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 85199

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) 2478.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
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) 0.00081
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01020
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 85199
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:19:59

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85199
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
--.PZI.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:56.32 10.0 undecidable manual SG 171 0.9546 1.32 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:56.54 10.0 undecidable manual SG 85 1.0101 -0.21 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:53.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.888 0.94 0.2
--.FAI.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:44.79 10.0 undecidable manual PN 230 1.1322 1 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:43.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 5 0.555 1.32 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:42.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 268 0.5772 -0.23 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:41.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 1.0101 -0.53 1
--.PZI.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:40.27 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.9546 -0.53 1.1
--.MEU.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:39.50 10.0 negative manual PG 176 0.888 -0.55 2.2
--.GMB.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:38.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 78 0.8436 -0.16 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:34.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 74 0.5661 0.52 1.3
--.SA1.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:33.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.555 0.08 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:32.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 268 0.5772 -1.17 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:26.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 218 0.0888 0.61 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1989-01-13T02:54:23.94 10.0 negative manual PG 218 0.0888 0.2 3.3
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