Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 03-09-1990 and time 11:47:04 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Castroreale (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Castroreale (ME), on

  • 03-09-1990 11:47:04 (UTC)
  • 03-09-1990 13:47:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0710, 15.1920 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
Castroreale ME 4 2504 2504
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 4560
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 5 1531 6091
Furnari ME 7 3784 9875
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 17270
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 18607
Tripi ME 8 873 19480
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 9 41583 61063
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 10 1019 62082
Falcone ME 11 2808 64890
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 11 4650 69540
Basicò ME 11 612 70152
Antillo ME 12 919 71071
Merì ME 12 2338 73409
Oliveri ME 13 2181 75590
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 82705
Mandanici ME 13 601 83306
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 15 1807 85113
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 91352
Limina ME 16 836 92188
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 94475
Condrò ME 17 493 94968
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 17 842 95810
Roccafiorita ME 17 197 96007
San Pier Niceto ME 17 2837 98844
Pagliara ME 17 1170 100014
Milazzo ME 17 31646 131660
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 133069
Savoca ME 18 1732 134801
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 137578
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 138423
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 142368
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 149799
Mongiuffi Melia ME 20 600 150399
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 153314

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 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 2.0 1990-09-03
11:47:04
38.071 15.192 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 126319
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-09-03 11:47:04 ± 0.248
Latitude 38.0710 ± 0.0422
Longitude 15.1920 ± 0.0206
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 126319

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) 5022.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 176
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00202
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00607
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 126319
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:57:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:29.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 89 0.6771 0.83 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:20.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 250 0.4107 0.6 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:17.52 10.0 undecidable manual PG 89 0.6771 -1.01 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:13.37 10.0 undecidable manual PG 250 0.4107 -0.2 1.5
--.MO9.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:13.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 99 0.3996 0.05 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:13.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 67 0.222 -0.32 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-03T11:47:09.63 10.0 positive manual PG 67 0.222 0.13 2.9
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