Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 12-12-1990 and time 06:53:04 (UTC) in region 11 km NW Milo (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 11 km NW Milo (CT), on

  • 12-12-1990 06:53:04 (UTC)
  • 12-12-1990 07:53:04 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7880, 15.0250 at 10 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
Milo CT 11 1087 1087
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 2669
Linguaglossa CT 12 5403 8072
Randazzo CT 12 10900 18972
Zafferana Etnea CT 12 9517 28489
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 29206
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 32421
Piedimonte Etneo CT 14 3963 36384
Maletto CT 15 3920 40304
Malvagna ME 15 733 41037
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 49629
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 50609
Mascali CT 15 14282 64891
Giarre CT 15 27659 92550
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 96495
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 106118
Roccella Valdemone ME 16 666 106784
Bronte CT 17 19172 125956
Riposto CT 17 14838 140794
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 141639
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 146947
Ragalna CT 19 3924 150871
Gaggi ME 19 3184 154055
Pedara CT 19 14102 168157
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 175620
Trecastagni CT 20 10910 186530

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
32 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 1990-12-12
06:53:04
37.788 15.025 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 132329
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1990-12-12 06:53:04 ± 0.242
Latitude 37.7880 ± 0.0186
Longitude 15.0250 ± 0.0198
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 132329

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) 2700.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 114
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) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00769
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 132329
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:03:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:34.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 70 0.8547 0.84 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:21.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.4995 -1.13 0
--.SOI.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:21.97 10.0 undecidable manual PG 70 0.8547 0.32 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:19.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 184 0.7326 -0.2 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:16.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 298 0.2997 0.64 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:14.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.4995 -0.1 1.9
--.MNO.Z. 1990-12-12T06:53:11.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.2997 -0.15 1.8
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