Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 22-12-1991 and time 09:14:37 (Italy) in region 10 km NW San Teodoro (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 10 km NW San Teodoro (ME), on

  • 22-12-1991 08:14:37 (UTC)
  • 22-12-1991 09:14:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9320, 14.6510 at 10 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
San Teodoro ME 10 1403 1403
San Fratello ME 10 3707 5110
Alcara li Fusi ME 11 1980 7090
Cesarò ME 11 2439 9529
Militello Rosmarino ME 13 1324 10853
Longi ME 14 1473 12326
Acquedolci ME 15 5744 18070
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 20697
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 16 12624 33321
Maniace CT 16 3765 37086
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 16 1996 39082
Troina EN 17 9373 48455
Capizzi ME 18 3176 51631
Frazzanò ME 18 711 52342
Torrenova ME 18 4386 56728
Cerami EN 18 2006 58734
Tortorici ME 19 6435 65169
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 66488
Mirto ME 19 974 67462

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
85 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.3
ML-VAX 2.0
1991-12-22
08:14:37
37.932 14.651 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 155489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-12-22 08:14:37 ± 0.345
Latitude 37.9320 ± 0.0247
Longitude 14.6510 ± 0.0275
Depth (km) 10 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 155489

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) 3653.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.00024
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00996
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 155489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:25:13

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 155489
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. 1991-12-22T08:15:16.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 82 1.11 1.63 0
--.MO9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:15:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 84 0.8214 -0.76 0.3
--.AU9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:15:03.49 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.8103 -1.94 0
--.SOI.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:58.98 10.0 undecidable manual PN 82 1.11 0.23 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:55.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 164 0.8991 0.35 1.2
--.MEU.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:54.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 170 0.8214 0.54 1
--.AU9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:53.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.8103 0.17 1.5
--.MO9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:53.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 84 0.8214 0.03 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:50.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 70 0.6771 -0.56 1.1
--.GIO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 135 0.5106 -0.03 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:47.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 276 0.4995 -0.52 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 88 0.0222 -0.11 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:14:39.68 10.0 undecidable manual PG 88 0.0222 0.14 1.6
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