Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 24-09-1990 and time 20:14:27 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 24-09-1990 18:14:27 (UTC)
  • 24-09-1990 20:14:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6540, 15.2910 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.9
1990-09-24
18:14:27
38.654 15.291 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 127729
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-09-24 18:14:27 ± 0.443
Latitude 38.6540 ± 0.0252
Longitude 15.2910 ± 0.0226
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 127729

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) 3415.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 199
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
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) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 127729
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:58:47

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 127729
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. 1990-09-24T18:14:57.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.8214 0.92 0.1
--.GRI.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:57.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 78 0.888 -0.67 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:51.18 10.0 undecidable manual SG 153 0.7215 -1.49 0
--.GMB.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:49.88 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.6327 -0.18 0.7
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:46.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 164 0.5106 0.73 0.2
--.GRI.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:45.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 78 0.888 0.36 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:44.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.8214 0.09 1.5
--.MO9.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:41.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 153 0.7215 -0.18 1.6
--.LPI.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:40.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 239 0.3219 0.66 0.3
--.GMB.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:40.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.6327 -0.02 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:38.20 10.0 negative manual PG 164 0.5106 0.08 3.5
--.LPI.Z. 1990-09-24T18:14:34.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 239 0.3219 -0.56 0.9
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