Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-03-1992 and time 10:40:26 (Italy) in region 3 km W Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 27-03-1992 09:40:26 (UTC)
  • 27-03-1992 10:40:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9820, 15.1390 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
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 3 1019 1019
Novara di Sicilia ME 4 1337 2356
Tripi ME 8 873 3229
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 7174
Antillo ME 9 919 8093
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 8938
Malvagna ME 10 733 9671
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 12886
Basicò ME 11 612 13498
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 14215
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 16502
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 18033
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 18699
Graniti ME 13 1492 20191
Limina ME 13 836 21027
Roccafiorita ME 13 197 21224
Furnari ME 14 3784 25008
Castroreale ME 15 2504 27512
Mongiuffi Melia ME 15 600 28112
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 30168
Gaggi ME 15 3184 33352
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 38755
Falcone ME 16 2808 41563
Mandanici ME 16 601 42164
Gallodoro ME 16 367 42531
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 43373
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 46288
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 47268
Oliveri ME 17 2181 49449
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 56844
Savoca ME 18 1732 58576
Castelmola ME 18 1088 59664
Letojanni ME 19 2861 62525
Forza d'Agrò ME 19 911 63436
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 68744
Taormina ME 19 10960 79704
Pagliara ME 19 1170 80874
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 19 1554 82428
Piedimonte Etneo CT 20 3963 86391
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 20 41583 127974
Giardini-Naxos ME 20 9415 137389

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
44 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.9
1992-03-27
09:40:26
37.982 15.139 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 161359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-03-27 09:40:26 ± 0.231
Latitude 37.9820 ± 0.0488
Longitude 15.1390 ± 0.0171
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 161359

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) 5629.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00275
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00648
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 161359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:30:47

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 161359
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. 1992-03-27T09:40:50.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 82 0.7215 -0.71 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:42.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.4329 0.12 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:40.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 0.7215 -0.51 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:40.32 10.0 undecidable manual SG 262 0.3552 0.66 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:38.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 55 0.3108 0.64 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:36.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.4329 0.87 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:33.60 10.0 positive manual PG 262 0.3552 -0.46 3
--.ATN.Z. 1992-03-27T09:40:32.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 55 0.3108 -0.66 1.1
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