Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 02-03-1990 and time 21:45:10 (Italy) in region 7 km NW Adrano (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km NW Adrano (CT), on

  • 02-03-1990 20:45:10 (UTC)
  • 02-03-1990 21:45:10 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6950, 14.7680 at 6 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
Adrano CT 7 36122 36122
Centuripe EN 9 5470 41592
Biancavilla CT 11 24007 65599
Bronte CT 12 19172 84771
Regalbuto EN 12 7277 92048
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 14 7641 99689
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 104555
Ragalna CT 17 3924 108479
CesarĂ² ME 17 2439 110918
Maletto CT 17 3920 114838
PaternĂ² CT 18 48228 163066
Troina EN 18 9373 172439
San Teodoro ME 18 1403 173842
Maniace CT 19 3765 177607

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
84 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 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 2.2 1990-03-02
20:45:10
37.695 14.768 6 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 110999
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-03-02 20:45:10 ± 0.268
Latitude 37.6950 ± 0.0115
Longitude 14.7680 ± 0.0141
Depth (km) 6 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 110999

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) 1779.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00971
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 110999
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:43:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 69 1.0767 -0.16 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:33.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 175 0.5883 0.68 0
--.SOI.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:32.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 69 1.0767 0.1 1.3
--.GIB.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.6438 -0.04 1.9
--.MEU.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:22.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 175 0.5883 -0.38 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 346 0.2442 -0.02 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1990-03-02T20:45:16.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 346 0.2442 0.1 1.8
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