Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 24-06-1989 and time 08:30:14 (Italy) in region 4 km W Capizzi (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km W Capizzi (ME), on

  • 24-06-1989 06:30:14 (UTC)
  • 24-06-1989 08:30:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8590, 14.4390 at 5 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
Capizzi ME 4 3176 3176
Cerami EN 8 2006 5182
Mistretta ME 11 4791 9973
Castel di Lucio ME 12 1294 11267
Sperlinga EN 13 805 12072
Nicosia EN 13 13899 25971
Reitano ME 15 806 26777
Troina EN 16 9373 36150
Pettineo ME 18 1350 37500
Motta d'Affermo ME 18 739 38239
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 19 3593 41832
Caronia ME 19 3364 45196
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 19 4694 49890

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
53 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
85 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Palermo (674435 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.8
1989-06-24
06:30:14
37.859 14.439 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 93849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1989-06-24 06:30:14 ± 0.491
Latitude 37.8590 ± 0.0137
Longitude 14.4390 ± 0.0367
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 93849

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) 3567.0
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 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00186
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 93849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:27:55

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 93849
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. 1989-06-24T06:30:45.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 153 0.888 -0.06 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:42.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 157 0.7992 -0.02 0.5
--.SA1.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:40.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 23 0.7659 -0.98 0
--.PZI.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:32.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.888 0.19 1.1
--.MEU.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:30.65 10.0 positive manual PG 157 0.7992 -0.13 2.5
--.SA1.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:30.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 23 0.7659 0.53 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:23.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 69 0.2109 0.45 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 1989-06-24T06:30:18.90 10.0 negative manual PG 69 0.2109 -0.11 2.8
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