Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-08-1991 and time 08:51:07 (Italy) in region 5 km SE Longi (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Longi (ME), on

  • 21-08-1991 06:51:07 (UTC)
  • 21-08-1991 08:51:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9890, 14.7790 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
Longi ME 5 1473 1473
Galati Mamertino ME 5 2627 4100
Tortorici ME 6 6435 10535
Alcara li Fusi ME 8 1980 12515
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 9 1319 13834
Frazzanò ME 10 711 14545
Ucria ME 11 1058 15603
Mirto ME 11 974 16577
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 19705
Militello Rosmarino ME 11 1324 21029
Floresta ME 12 485 21514
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 12 1996 23510
Sinagra ME 12 2705 26215
Raccuja ME 14 1041 27256
Maniace CT 14 3765 31021
Ficarra ME 14 1469 32490
Torrenova ME 15 4386 36876
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 41391
Naso ME 15 3813 45204
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 16 12624 57828
San Fratello ME 16 3707 61535
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 64625
San Teodoro ME 17 1403 66028
Cesarò ME 17 2439 68467
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 71382
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 72362
Acquedolci ME 18 5744 78106
Randazzo CT 19 10900 89006
Maletto CT 19 3920 92926
Brolo ME 19 5783 98709
Capo d'Orlando ME 19 13254 111963
Librizzi ME 20 1660 113623

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
60 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.4 1991-08-21
06:51:07
37.989 14.779 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 147889
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-21 06:51:07 ± 0.261
Latitude 37.9890 ± 0.0212
Longitude 14.7790 ± 0.0227
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 147889

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) 3084.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 94
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01457
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 147889
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:18:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZI.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:41.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 171 0.9324 1.62 0.1
--.GMB.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:40.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 77 0.8325 3.35 0
--.MEU.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:39.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 177 0.8769 1.56 0.1
--.CZI.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:35.95 10.0 undecidable manual PN 40 1.6206 -0.21 1.1
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:31.98 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 4 0.5661 3.59 0
--.GIB.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:30.13 10.0 undecidable manual SG 270 0.5883 1.17 0.3
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:28.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 72 0.555 0.29 0.7
--.MEU.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:25.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 177 0.8769 0.47 1.5
--.PZI.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.9324 -1.18 0.7
--.GMB.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:24.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 77 0.8325 0.28 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:20.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 270 0.5883 0.9 1.1
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:19.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 4 0.5661 0.53 1.6
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:18.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 72 0.555 -0.61 1.5
--.MNO.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:11.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 229 0.0777 0.21 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1991-08-21T06:51:08.12 10.0 negative manual PG 229 0.0777 -1.12 1.7
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