Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 19-05-1993 and time 23:58:52 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 19-05-1993 23:58:52 (UTC)
  • 20-05-1993 01:58:52 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1610, 15.0880 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
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2181
Falcone ME 5 2808 4989
Furnari ME 7 3784 8773
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 16168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 17699
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 19755
Patti ME 11 13431 33186
Basicò ME 11 612 33798
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 75381
Tripi ME 12 873 76254
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 77869
Castroreale ME 13 2504 80373
Librizzi ME 13 1660 82033
Merì ME 14 2338 84371
Milazzo ME 15 31646 116017
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 118932
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 126047
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 127384
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 129671
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 136745
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 141395
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 144485
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 150724
Raccuja ME 19 1041 151765
Piraino ME 20 3962 155727

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 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 1993-05-19
23:58:52
38.161 15.088 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 185549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-05-19 23:58:52 ± 0.144
Latitude 38.1610 ± 0.0131
Longitude 15.0880 ± 0.0092
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 185549

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) 1662.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 137
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) 0.00259
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 185549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:54:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:18.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.7659 0.2 0.6
--.SA1.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:08.97 10.0 undecidable manual SG 333 0.444 0.65 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:06.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.7659 -0.45 0.9
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:06.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 233 0.3774 -0.23 0.8
--.ATN.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:03.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 90 0.2886 0.45 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:00.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 333 0.444 -0.47 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-19T23:59:00.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 233 0.3774 0.25 1.9
--.ATN.Z. 1993-05-19T23:58:58.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 90 0.2886 -0.12 2.2
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