Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 05-01-1993 and time 15:39:05 (UTC) in region 2 km N Basicò (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Basicò (ME), on

  • 05-01-1993 15:39:05 (UTC)
  • 05-01-1993 16:39:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0770, 15.0640 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
Basicò ME 2 612 612
Tripi ME 4 873 1485
Falcone ME 5 2808 4293
Oliveri ME 5 2181 6474
Furnari ME 6 3784 10258
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 11789
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 14076
Novara di Sicilia ME 9 1337 15413
San Piero Patti ME 9 2915 18328
Librizzi ME 10 1660 19988
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 22044
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 29439
Patti ME 11 13431 42870
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 44485
Castroreale ME 13 2504 46989
Raccuja ME 14 1041 48030
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 14 1019 49049
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 90632
Ucria ME 16 1058 91690
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 16 3090 94780
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 95446
Floresta ME 17 485 95931
Malvagna ME 18 733 96664
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 103738
Sinagra ME 19 2705 106443
Merì ME 19 2338 108781
Antillo ME 19 919 109700
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 110417
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 111397
Piraino ME 20 3962 115359

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
52 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 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 2.0
1993-01-05
15:39:05
38.077 15.064 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 178099
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-01-05 15:39:05 ± 0.322
Latitude 38.0770 ± 0.0538
Longitude 15.0640 ± 0.0211
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 178099

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) 6257.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 191
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00696
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 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 178099
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:46:58

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 178099
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. 1993-01-05T15:39:33.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 90 0.777 1.22 0
--.MO9.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:23.36 10.0 undecidable manual SG 98 0.4995 -0.41 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:21.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.777 -0.07 1.6
--.ATN.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:18.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 75 0.3219 0.36 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:17.76 10.0 undecidable manual SG 244 0.3219 -0.3 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:15.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 98 0.4995 -0.32 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:13.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 244 0.3219 0.29 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1993-01-05T15:39:12.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.3219 -0.41 1.4
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