Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 04-08-1986 and time 16:34:54 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 04-08-1986 14:34:54 (UTC)
  • 04-08-1986 16:34:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2260, 15.0090 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
Patti ME 10 13431 13431
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 15046
Gioiosa Marea ME 12 7074 22120
Oliveri ME 12 2181 24301
Falcone ME 14 2808 27109
Piraino ME 15 3962 31071
Librizzi ME 15 1660 32731
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 35821
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 43216
Furnari ME 17 3784 47000
Brolo ME 18 5783 52783
Basicò ME 19 612 53395
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 1531 54926
Rodì Milici ME 19 2056 56982
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 59897

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
57 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.5 1986-08-04
14:34:54
38.226 15.009 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 32119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-08-04 14:34:54 ± 0.606
Latitude 38.2260 ± 0.0598
Longitude 15.0090 ± 0.0310
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 32119

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) 7177.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 207
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 32119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:33:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SO9.Z. 1986-08-04T14:35:24.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 100 0.8214 1.21 0.2
--.GIB.Z. 1986-08-04T14:35:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 253 0.7992 0.39 1.7
--.SO9.Z. 1986-08-04T14:35:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.8214 -0.63 1.3
--.MS9.Z. 1986-08-04T14:35:09.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 219 0.3774 0.7 0.5
--.MS9.Z. 1986-08-04T14:35:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 219 0.3774 -0.77 1.2
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