Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 27-05-1990 and time 21:30:04 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 27-05-1990 21:30:04 (UTC)
  • 27-05-1990 23:30:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3620, 15.4330 at 107 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 14 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 16 5021 13605
Venetico ME 17 3911 17516
Saponara ME 19 3988 21504
Valdina ME 19 1355 22859
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 30290

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
34 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.7
1990-05-27
21:30:04
38.362 15.433 107 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 119879
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-05-27 21:30:04 ± 1.144
Latitude 38.3620 ± 0.0496
Longitude 15.4330 ± 0.0986
Depth (km) 107 ± 9 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 119879

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) 10217.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 218
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01069
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 119879
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:51:18

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 119879
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
--.GRI.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:39.18 10.0 undecidable manual S 58 0.888 0.29 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:33.33 10.0 undecidable manual S 150 0.4107 1.3 0
--.SOI.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:32.00 10.0 undecidable manual S 120 0.5661 -1.81 0
--.ATN.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:30.26 10.0 undecidable manual S 173 0.1998 -0.11 0.5
--.FE2.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:30.70 10.0 undecidable manual S ! 121 0.5994 -3.63 0
--.SE2.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:27.61 10.0 positive manual P 56 1.1877 0.23 0.7
--.CZI.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:25.20 10.0 negative manual P 32 1.0101 -0.21 1.7
--.GRI.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:24.00 10.0 undecidable manual P 58 0.888 -0.2 0.9
--.FE2.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:22.20 10.0 positive manual P 121 0.5994 0.63 1.3
--.SOI.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:20.70 10.0 positive manual P 120 0.5661 -0.56 1.5
--.DR2.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:20.90 10.0 undecidable manual P 53 0.4773 0.23 1.1
--.GA2.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:20.70 10.0 positive manual P 121 0.3552 0.74 1
--.ATN.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:19.15 10.0 positive manual P 173 0.1998 -0.13 2.3
--.MO9.Z. 1990-05-27T21:30:19.72 10.0 positive manual P 150 0.4107 -0.52 1.6
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