Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 08-02-1990 and time 01:37:13 (Italy) in region 2 km W Paternò (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Paternò (CT), on

  • 08-02-1990 00:37:13 (UTC)
  • 08-02-1990 01:37:13 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5740, 14.8760 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
Paternò CT 2 48228 48228
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 5 7641 55869
Biancavilla CT 8 24007 79876
Ragalna CT 9 3924 83800
Belpasso CT 9 28108 111908
Adrano CT 11 36122 148030
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 11 12116 160146
Camporotondo Etneo CT 12 5023 165169
Misterbianco CT 13 49410 214579
Centuripe EN 13 5470 220049
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 227792
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 235255
Mascalucia CT 16 31958 267213
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 272079
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 297917
Pedara CT 17 14102 312019
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 332608
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 342087
Trecastagni CT 19 10910 352997
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 376057
Viagrande CT 20 8563 384620

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
26 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.6
1990-02-08
00:37:13
37.574 14.876 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 109739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-02-08 00:37:13 ± 0.253
Latitude 37.5740 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.8760 ± 0.0267
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 109739

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) 2739.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00947
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 109739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:42:03

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 109739
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
--.SOI.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 61 1.0545 -0.12 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 301 0.777 -1.05 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:35.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 357 0.9768 1.46 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 61 1.0545 -1.09 0.7
--.PZI.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:34.53 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.5217 1.05 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:32.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 184 0.4551 0.62 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:29.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 338 0.3774 0.67 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:29.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 301 0.777 -0.64 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:24.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 184 0.4551 0.08 2.1
--.PZI.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:24.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 173 0.5217 -0.35 2
--.MNO.Z. 1990-02-08T00:37:23.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 338 0.3774 0.5 1.3
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