Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 22-12-1991 and time 09:23:23 (Italy) in region 6 km SE San Fratello (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SE San Fratello (ME), on

  • 22-12-1991 08:23:23 (UTC)
  • 22-12-1991 09:23:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9790, 14.6540 at 8 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
San Fratello ME 6 3707 3707
Alcara li Fusi ME 6 1980 5687
Militello Rosmarino ME 8 1324 7011
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 10 12624 19635
Longi ME 10 1473 21108
Acquedolci ME 10 5744 26852
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 11 1996 28848
Galati Mamertino ME 12 2627 31475
Torrenova ME 13 4386 35861
Frazzanò ME 13 711 36572
Mirto ME 15 974 37546
San Teodoro ME 15 1403 38949
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 15 1319 40268
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 44783
Cesarò ME 16 2439 47222
Tortorici ME 16 6435 53657
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 56785
Maniace CT 19 3765 60550
Caronia ME 19 3364 63914
Naso ME 20 3813 67727

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
61 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.3
1991-12-22
08:23:23
37.979 14.654 8 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 155499
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-12-22 08:23:23 ± 0.263
Latitude 37.9790 ± 0.0153
Longitude 14.6540 ± 0.0139
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 155499

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) 2093.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 162
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00049
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01910
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 155499
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:25:14

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 155499
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
--.TDS.Z. 1991-12-22T08:24:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN! 37 2.1201 3.3 0
--.SOI.Z. 1991-12-22T08:24:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual SN 84 1.11 0.58 0.4
--.AU9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:53.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.8436 0.29 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:51.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 88 0.8214 0.02 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:45.30 10.0 undecidable manual PN 84 1.11 0.39 1.4
--.GIO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:43.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.5439 0.09 0.8
--.GIB.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 271 0.4884 0.77 0.4
--.PZI.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:41.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 165 0.9435 -0.8 0.8
--.MEU.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:40.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 170 0.8769 -0.54 1.3
--.MO9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 88 0.8214 -0.59 1.3
--.AU9.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:39.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 148 0.8436 -0.35 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:36.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 74 0.6549 -0.45 1.6
--.GIO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 138 0.5439 1.47 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:33.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 271 0.4884 -0.17 1.9
--.MNO.Z. 1991-12-22T08:23:25.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 144 0.0555 0.35 1.7
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