Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 07-07-1992 and time 12:20:09 (Italy) in region 1 km SE Piraino (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SE Piraino (ME), on

  • 07-07-1992 10:20:09 (UTC)
  • 07-07-1992 12:20:09 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1560, 14.8700 at 10 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
Piraino ME 1 3962 3962
Gioiosa Marea ME 3 7074 11036
Brolo ME 4 5783 16819
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 5 3090 19909
Ficarra ME 6 1469 21378
Montagnareale ME 7 1615 22993
Naso ME 8 3813 26806
Sinagra ME 8 2705 29511
Patti ME 9 13431 42942
Castell'Umberto ME 10 3128 46070
Librizzi ME 10 1660 47730
Capo d'Orlando ME 11 13254 60984
Raccuja ME 12 1041 62025
Ucria ME 12 1058 63083
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 12 1319 64402
Mirto ME 13 974 65376
Frazzanò ME 14 711 66087
Tortorici ME 14 6435 72522
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 75437
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 79952
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 82579
Oliveri ME 17 2181 84760
Longi ME 18 1473 86233
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 18 1996 88229
Torrenova ME 18 4386 92615
Floresta ME 19 485 93100
Falcone ME 19 2808 95908
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 98195
Basicò ME 20 612 98807

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.5
ML-VAX 2.4
1992-07-07
10:20:09
38.156 14.87 10 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 169129
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-07-07 10:20:09 ± 0.473
Latitude 38.1560 ± 0.0093
Longitude 14.8700 ± 0.0106
Depth (km) 10 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 169129

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) 1393.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 79
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 26
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) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01740
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 169129
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:38:09

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 169129
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
--.PZI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:45.72 10.0 undecidable manual SN 176 1.0989 -0.44 0.5
--.ROI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:41.24 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.9314 -0.8 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:41.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 94 0.9324 0.21 0.7
--.AU9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:41.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 162 0.9324 0.12 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.11 10.0 undecidable manual SG 103 0.666 0.36 0.6
--.ME3.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 101 0.666 0.57 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 256 0.6882 0.14 0.8
--.ME2.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 82 0.6438 1.64 0
--.CZI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.94 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.443 -1.42 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:33.40 10.0 undecidable manual SG 81 0.666 0.13 0.8
--.PZI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:30.21 10.0 undecidable manual PN 176 1.0989 -0.39 1.4
--.ACL.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:28.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 313 0.5439 -0.45 0.6
--.AU9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:28.31 10.0 undecidable manual PG 162 0.9324 0.31 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:27.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 94 0.9324 -0.39 1.6
--.FLC.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:27.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 329 0.4662 1.11 0.2
--.GIB.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:24.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 256 0.6882 0.85 0.9
--.SA1.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:24.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 355 0.3996 -0.13 0.8
--.MO9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:23.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 103 0.666 0.35 1.7
--.ME2.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:22.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 0.6438 0.08 2
--.SC9.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:22.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 81 0.666 -0.18 2
--.ME3.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:22.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 101 0.666 -0.96 0.8
--.ACL.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.5439 -0.23 1.9
--.FLC.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 329 0.4662 -0.25 1.9
--.SA1.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:19.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 355 0.3996 0.95 0.7
--.VLT.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:19.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 14 0.2442 0.51 0.6
--.VLT.Z. 1992-07-07T10:20:15.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 14 0.2442 0.11 2
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