Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 10-10-1992 and time 13:48:32 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 10-10-1992 13:48:32 (UTC)
  • 10-10-1992 14:48:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1920, 15.0540 at 16 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
Oliveri ME 7 2181 2181
Falcone ME 9 2808 4989
Patti ME 10 13431 18420
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 25815
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 27430
Furnari ME 12 3784 31214
Librizzi ME 13 1660 32874
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 34405
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 36461
Gioiosa Marea ME 14 7074 43535
Basicò ME 14 612 44147
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 85730
Tripi ME 16 873 86603
Piraino ME 17 3962 90565
Milazzo ME 17 31646 122211
Merì ME 17 2338 124549
Castroreale ME 17 2504 127053
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 130143
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 133058
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 135345
San Filippo del Mela ME 19 7115 142460
Raccuja ME 20 1041 143501

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
77 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 2.0
ML-VAX 1.6
1992-10-10
13:48:32
38.192 15.054 16 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 174699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-10-10 13:48:32 ± 0.445
Latitude 38.1920 ± 0.0363
Longitude 15.0540 ± 0.0293
Depth (km) 16 ± 9 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 174699

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) 4776.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
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) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01190
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 174699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:43:33

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 174699
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. 1992-10-10T13:49:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.7881 0.02 0.7
--.CZI.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:55.80 10.0 undecidable manual PN 39 1.3209 -0.99 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:50.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.7881 1.78 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:45.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 227 0.3774 -1.82 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:43.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.3108 -1.24 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:41.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.3996 0.13 1.9
--.MNO.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:41.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 227 0.3774 0.36 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1992-10-10T13:48:39.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.3108 0.13 1.9
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