Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 20-04-1989 and time 02:54:02 (Italy) in region 11 km SW Bronte (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 11 km SW Bronte (CT), on

  • 20-04-1989 00:54:02 (UTC)
  • 20-04-1989 02:54:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7310, 14.7350 at 10 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
Bronte CT 11 19172 19172
Adrano CT 12 36122 55294
Regalbuto EN 12 7277 62571
Centuripe EN 12 5470 68041
CesarĂ² ME 13 2439 70480
Troina EN 13 9373 79853
San Teodoro ME 14 1403 81256
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 105263
Maletto CT 16 3920 109183
Maniace CT 16 3765 112948
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 18 3593 116541
Catenanuova EN 18 4866 121407
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 129048

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.5 1989-04-20
00:54:02
37.731 14.735 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 90189
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-04-20 00:54:02 ± 0.146
Latitude 37.7310 ± 0.0070
Longitude 14.7350 ± 0.0185
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 90189

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) 1807.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 178
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00979
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 90189
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:24:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:39.88 10.0 undecidable manual SN 71 1.0878 0.4 0.1
--.PZI.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:27.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 165 0.6882 0.27 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:25.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 172 0.6216 0.49 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:23.49 10.0 undecidable manual PN 71 1.0878 -0.55 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:19.40 10.0 positive manual PG 69 0.7992 0.1 2.1
--.PZI.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:16.92 10.0 positive manual PG 165 0.6882 -0.03 2.4
--.MEU.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:15.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 172 0.6216 -0.25 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1989-04-20T00:54:07.94 10.0 negative manual PG 351 0.1998 0.1 2.2
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