Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 20-03-1990 and time 12:04:36 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 20-03-1990 12:04:36 (UTC)
  • 20-03-1990 13:04:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0380, 15.0250 at 5 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 2 2287 2287
Basicò ME 4 612 2899
San Piero Patti ME 5 2915 5814
Tripi ME 7 873 6687
Librizzi ME 9 1660 8347
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 9684
Oliveri ME 10 2181 11865
Raccuja ME 10 1041 12906
Falcone ME 10 2808 15714
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 17245
Floresta ME 12 485 17730
Furnari ME 12 3784 21514
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 22180
Ucria ME 13 1058 23238
Patti ME 13 13431 36669
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 38284
Malvagna ME 13 733 39017
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 40036
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 41016
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 43072
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 46162
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 46879
Sinagra ME 16 2705 49584
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 56979
Tortorici ME 18 6435 63414
Castroreale ME 18 2504 65918
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 18 3945 69863
Gioiosa Marea ME 19 7074 76937
Randazzo CT 19 10900 87837
Ficarra ME 19 1469 89306
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 92521
Castell'Umberto ME 20 3128 95649
Piraino ME 20 3962 99611

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.5
1990-03-20
12:04:36
38.038 15.025 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 112499
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-03-20 12:04:36 ± 0.322
Latitude 38.0380 ± 0.0545
Longitude 15.0250 ± 0.0298
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 112499

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) 6598.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 160
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00251
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00729
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 112499
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:44:32

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 112499
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
--.SA1.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:54.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 343 0.5439 -1.74 0
--.SOI.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:52.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.8103 -0.5 0.9
--.ATN.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:49.86 10.0 undecidable manual SG 70 0.3552 -0.43 0.5
--.SA1.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:48.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 343 0.5439 1.05 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:46.72 10.0 undecidable manual SG 247 0.2775 -0.39 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:44.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 70 0.3552 0.47 1.3
--.MNO.Z. 1990-03-20T12:04:42.49 10.0 negative manual PG 247 0.2775 0.01 3.2
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