Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 27-06-1993 and time 13:53:54 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 27-06-1993 13:53:54 (UTC)
  • 27-06-1993 15:53:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1460, 15.1380 at 9 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 2 7395 7395
Furnari ME 5 3784 11179
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 13235
Falcone ME 6 2808 16043
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 17574
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 59157
Oliveri ME 7 2181 61338
Castroreale ME 8 2504 63842
Merì ME 10 2338 66180
Tripi ME 11 873 67053
Basicò ME 11 612 67665
San Filippo del Mela ME 12 7115 74780
Milazzo ME 13 31646 106426
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 111076
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 112413
Patti ME 15 13431 125844
Pace del Mela ME 15 6239 132083
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 16 1807 133890
Librizzi ME 17 1660 135550
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 137165
Condrò ME 17 493 137658
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 139945
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 140964
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 143879
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 146716
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 154147

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 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 2.1
ML-VAX 2.3
1993-06-27
13:53:54
38.146 15.138 9 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 188759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-06-27 13:53:54 ± 0.853
Latitude 38.1460 ± 0.0273
Longitude 15.1380 ± 0.0142
Depth (km) 9 ± 7 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 188759

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) 3279.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 130
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01190
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 188759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:57:19

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 188759
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
--.CZI.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:17.52 10.0 undecidable manual PN 35 1.3209 -1.1 0.1
--.MO9.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:11.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 108 0.4551 0.38 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:09.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 238 0.3996 0.46 0.4
--.SA1.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 330 0.4773 0.63 0.6
--.GMB.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:05.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.5439 -0.13 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:05.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.2553 0.62 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:03.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 108 0.4551 -0.26 1.4
--.MNO.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:02.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 238 0.3996 -0.3 1.3
--.ATN.Z. 1993-06-27T13:54:00.37 10.0 positive manual PG 87 0.2553 0.17 2.9
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