Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 09-07-1994 and time 15:08:14 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 09-07-1994 15:08:14 (UTC)
  • 09-07-1994 17:08:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2750, 15.0150 at 20 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 16 7074 7074
Patti ME 16 13431 20505
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 22120
Oliveri ME 17 2181 24301
Piraino ME 18 3962 28263
Falcone ME 19 2808 31071
Terme Vigliatore ME 20 7395 38466

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
86 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 1.9
1994-07-09
15:08:14
38.275 15.015 20 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 212689
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-07-09 15:08:14 ± 0.401
Latitude 38.2750 ± 0.0265
Longitude 15.0150 ± 0.0307
Depth (km) 20 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 212689

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) 3989.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00283
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01149
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 212689
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:20:28

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 212689
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. 1994-07-09T15:08:37.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.2765 0.41 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:32.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 216 0.4218 1.51 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:29.61 10.0 undecidable manual SG 108 0.3663 0.54 0.7
--.SA1.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:28.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 333 0.3108 0.98 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:23.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 216 0.4218 -0.87 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:22.54 10.0 undecidable manual PG 108 0.3663 -0.5 1.9
--.SA1.Z. 1994-07-09T15:08:21.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 333 0.3108 -0.68 1.6
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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