Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-08-1991 and time 09:06:04 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Longi (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Longi (ME), on

  • 21-08-1991 07:06:04 (UTC)
  • 21-08-1991 09:06:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0070, 14.7410 at 7 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 3 1473 1473
Alcara li Fusi ME 4 1980 3453
Galati Mamertino ME 4 2627 6080
Militello Rosmarino ME 7 1324 7404
Frazzanò ME 7 711 8115
Tortorici ME 8 6435 14550
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 8 1319 15869
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 8 1996 17865
Mirto ME 9 974 18839
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 21967
Torrenova ME 11 4386 26353
Capri Leone ME 12 4515 30868
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 12 12624 43492
San Fratello ME 13 3707 47199
Sinagra ME 13 2705 49904
Ucria ME 13 1058 50962
Naso ME 14 3813 54775
Ficarra ME 14 1469 56244
Acquedolci ME 15 5744 61988
Floresta ME 15 485 62473
Raccuja ME 16 1041 63514
Maniace CT 17 3765 67279
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 70369
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 83623
San Teodoro ME 18 1403 85026
Cesarò ME 18 2439 87465
Brolo ME 18 5783 93248

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 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
ML-VAX 1.8
1991-08-21
07:06:04
38.007 14.741 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 147899
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-08-21 07:06:04 ± 0.297
Latitude 38.0070 ± 0.0192
Longitude 14.7410 ± 0.0195
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 147899

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) 2734.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 99
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
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 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 147899
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:18:02

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 147899
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. 1991-08-21T07:06:43.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 85 1.0323 2.95 0
--.MEU.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:38.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 175 0.888 1.71 0
--.PZI.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:38.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 170 0.9657 0.54 0.5
--.CZI.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:33.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 41 1.6206 -0.74 0.6
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:32.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 90 0.7437 0.65 0.5
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:27.32 10.0 undecidable manual SG 7 0.555 1.92 0
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:26.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 74 0.5883 0.24 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:25.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 268 0.555 -0.1 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:24.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 1.0323 -0.84 0.7
--.MEU.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:23.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 175 0.888 0.04 1.6
--.PZI.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:23.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 170 0.9657 -0.38 1.4
--.MO9.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:20.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.7437 -0.28 1.7
--.SA1.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:17.65 10.0 undecidable manual PG 7 0.555 0.87 0.8
--.ATN.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:17.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 74 0.5883 -0.24 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:15.94 10.0 undecidable manual PG 268 0.555 -0.89 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:09.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 205 0.0777 0.38 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1991-08-21T07:06:07.49 10.0 positive manual PG 205 0.0777 0.16 3.6
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