Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 06-05-1992 and time 03:39:07 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 06-05-1992 01:39:07 (UTC)
  • 06-05-1992 03:39:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4270, 15.0770 at 5 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
Lipari ME 12 12753 12753

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Acireale (52622 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7
1992-05-06
01:39:07
38.427 15.077 5 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 163749
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-05-06 01:39:07 ± 0.209
Latitude 38.4270 ± 0.0208
Longitude 15.0770 ± 0.0267
Depth (km) 5 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 163749

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) 3275.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 105
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
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 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 163749
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:33:01

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 163749
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
--.ROI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:35.86 10.0 undecidable manual PN 44 1.6206 -0.7 0.5
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:32.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.6327 1.17 0.1
--.ME3.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:31.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 129 0.6327 0.19 0.7
--.CZI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:30.22 10.0 undecidable manual PN 45 1.1322 0.33 1.1
--.GRI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:29.85 10.0 undecidable manual PN 68 1.11 0.25 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:27.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 211 0.5772 -1.32 0.1
--.GZ2.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 110 0.4551 1.02 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:24.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 114 0.8325 0.13 1.5
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:20.53 10.0 undecidable manual PG 130 0.6327 -0.46 1.3
--.MNO.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:20.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 211 0.5772 1.03 0.4
--.ME3.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:20.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 129 0.6327 -0.93 0.5
--.GZ2.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:17.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 110 0.4551 -0.06 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:16.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 131 0.3996 -0.12 1.7
--.LPI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:10.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 298 0.1221 0.14 1.7
--.LLI.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:10.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 280 0.0999 0.06 1.8
--.VPL.Z. 1992-05-06T01:39:09.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 236 0.0777 -0.04 1.8
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