Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 12-05-1992 and time 22:17:10 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 12-05-1992 22:17:10 (UTC)
  • 13-05-1992 00:17:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3580, 15.2710 at 119 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
Milazzo ME 15 31646 31646
Venetico ME 17 3911 35557
Spadafora ME 18 5021 40578
Villafranca Tirrena ME 20 8584 49162
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 56593
Pace del Mela ME 20 6239 62832

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 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 2.2
ML-VAX 1.5
1992-05-12
22:17:10
38.358 15.271 119 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 164419
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-05-12 22:17:10 ± 0.975
Latitude 38.3580 ± 0.0548
Longitude 15.2710 ± 0.1299
Depth (km) 119 ± 13 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 164419

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) 12856.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 260
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00437
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00979
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:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 164419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:33:43

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 164419
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
--.GRI.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:48.77 10.0 undecidable manual S 62 1.0101 -0.41 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:43.60 10.0 undecidable manual S 114 0.6771 -0.38 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:42.42 10.0 undecidable manual S 137 0.4884 0.76 0.1
--.GRI.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:33.63 10.0 undecidable manual P 62 1.0101 0.7 0.2
--.CZI.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:33.50 10.0 undecidable manual P 37 1.0878 -0.27 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:29.84 10.0 positive manual P 114 0.6771 -0.09 2.7
--.MO9.Z. 1992-05-12T22:17:28.47 10.0 positive manual P 137 0.4884 -0.12 2.6
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