Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 13-08-1995 and time 02:26:58 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 13-08-1995 00:26:58 (UTC)
  • 13-08-1995 02:26:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1680, 15.0450 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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 7 2808 4989
Patti ME 8 13431 18420
Montagnareale ME 9 1615 20035
Furnari ME 10 3784 23819
Librizzi ME 11 1660 25479
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 32874
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 34405
Basicò ME 12 612 35017
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 37073
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 44147
Tripi ME 14 873 45020
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 47935
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 15 41583 89518
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 92608
Piraino ME 16 3962 96570
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 98857
Castroreale ME 16 2504 101361
Raccuja ME 17 1041 102402
Merì ME 18 2338 104740
Milazzo ME 18 31646 136386
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 137723
Brolo ME 19 5783 143506
Sinagra ME 19 2705 146211
Ucria ME 20 1058 147269
San Filippo del Mela ME 20 7115 154384

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1995-08-13
00:26:58
38.168 15.045 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 231029
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-08-13 00:26:58 ± 0.221
Latitude 38.1680 ± 0.0203
Longitude 15.0450 ± 0.0157
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 231029

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) 2640.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 145
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00380
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00712
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 231029
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:38:44

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 231029
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
--.CS9.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:26.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 253 0.7881 0.32 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:25.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.7881 -0.09 0.5
--.GMB.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:20.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 89 0.6105 0.59 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:18.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.5328 1.48 0
--.CS9.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:14.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 253 0.7881 -0.12 1.1
--.SOI.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:13.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.7881 -0.89 0.2
--.SA1.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:13.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 337 0.4218 -0.41 0.3
--.GMB.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:10.79 10.0 positive manual PG 89 0.6105 -0.03 2.6
--.MO9.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:09.21 10.0 positive manual PG 107 0.5328 -0.14 2.5
--.SA1.Z. 1995-08-13T00:27:07.56 10.0 positive manual PG 337 0.4218 0.24 2.3
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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