Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 12-02-1989 and time 07:24:46 (UTC) in region 5 km W Messina (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Messina (ME), on

  • 12-02-1989 07:24:46 (UTC)
  • 12-02-1989 08:24:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2100, 15.5010 at 60 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
Messina ME 5 238439 238439
Saponara ME 6 3988 242427
Villafranca Tirrena ME 7 8584 251011
Rometta ME 8 6650 257661
Spadafora ME 11 5021 262682
Roccavaldina ME 11 1133 263815
Valdina ME 12 1355 265170
Monforte San Giorgio ME 12 2777 267947
Venetico ME 12 3911 271858
Villa San Giovanni RC 12 13784 285642
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 293073
Campo Calabro RC 14 4536 297609
San Pier Niceto ME 14 2837 300446
CondrĂ² ME 16 493 300939
Reggio di Calabria RC 17 183035 483974
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 17 1807 485781
Fiumara RC 17 1018 486799
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 493038
Itala ME 18 1640 494678
Scaletta Zanclea ME 19 2140 496818
Scilla RC 19 4964 501782
Calanna RC 20 934 502716

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
17 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.9 1989-02-12
07:24:46
38.21 15.501 60 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86999
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-02-12 07:24:46 ± 0.641
Latitude 38.2100 ± 0.0737
Longitude 15.5010 ± 0.0441
Depth (km) 60 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86999

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) 9060.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01004
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 86999
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:21:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CZI.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:22.20 10.0 undecidable manual S 25 1.11 1.23 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:11.10 10.0 undecidable manual S 246 0.6882 -0.51 0.4
--.GA2.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:05.40 10.0 undecidable manual S 99 0.2553 1.42 0
--.CZI.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:05.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 25 1.11 -0.9 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:05.60 10.0 undecidable manual S 107 0.444 -1.33 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:03.20 10.0 undecidable manual S 74 0.1665 -0.06 0.7
--.ATN.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 210 0.0555 -0.4 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1989-02-12T07:25:01.38 10.0 positive manual P 246 0.6882 0.33 2.4
--.SOI.Z. 1989-02-12T07:24:58.60 10.0 undecidable manual P 107 0.444 0.2 1.6
--.GA2.Z. 1989-02-12T07:24:57.20 10.0 undecidable manual P 99 0.2553 0.5 1.2
--.SC9.Z. 1989-02-12T07:24:56.23 10.0 undecidable manual P 74 0.1665 0.05 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1989-02-12T07:24:55.43 10.0 positive manual P 210 0.0555 -0.35 2.9
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