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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 05-07-1992 and time 12:41:39 (UTC) in region 3 km N Malvagna (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Malvagna (ME), on

  • 05-07-1992 12:41:39 (UTC)
  • 05-07-1992 14:41:39 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9510, 15.0520 at 19 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Malvagna ME 4 733 733
Roccella Valdemone ME 4 666 1399
Moio Alcantara ME 6 717 2116
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 9 980 3096
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 5383
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 9328
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 12543
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 13880
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 14899
Tripi ME 12 873 15772
Randazzo CT 12 10900 26672
Motta Camastra ME 12 845 27517
Basicò ME 13 612 28129
Floresta ME 13 485 28614
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 31529
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 36932
Graniti ME 17 1492 38424
Raccuja ME 17 1041 39465
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 40996
Antillo ME 17 919 41915
Gaggi ME 18 3184 45099
Ucria ME 18 1058 46157
Librizzi ME 18 1660 47817
Furnari ME 18 3784 51601
Falcone ME 19 2808 54409
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 54606
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 58569
Oliveri ME 19 2181 60750
Limina ME 19 836 61586

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.0
ML-VAX 2.0 		1992-07-05
12:41:39		 37.951 15.052 19 2013-07-15
08:40:51		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 169049
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-07-05 12:41:39 ± 0.571
Latitude 37.9510 ± 0.0316
Longitude 15.0520 ± 0.0438
Depth (km) 19 ± 9 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 169049

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) 5199.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 170
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01368
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 169049
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:38:04

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 169049
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. 1992-07-05T12:42:07.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 81 0.7881 0.18 0.7
--.CZI.Z. 1992-07-05T12:42:04.38 10.0 undecidable manual PN 33 1.5207 -0.8 0.8
--.MO9.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:59.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 84 0.4995 1.96 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:59.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 59 0.5994 -1.38 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:55.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 0.7881 0.32 1.7
--.SA1.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:52.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 344 0.6327 0.64 1.6
--.SC9.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:51.19 10.0 undecidable manual PG 59 0.5994 -0.45 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:51.89 10.0 undecidable manual SG 57 0.3774 -1.93 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:51.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 84 0.4995 1.34 0.8
--.GIO.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:51.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 173 0.3885 -1.96 0.1
--.GIO.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:48.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 173 0.3885 0.3 1.9
--.ATN.Z. 1992-07-05T12:41:47.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 57 0.3774 -0.05 2
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