Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 13-02-1998 and time 10:22:21 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 13-02-1998 10:22:21 (UTC)
  • 13-02-1998 11:22:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9810, 15.1610 at 5 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
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 1 1019 1019
Novara di Sicilia ME 5 1337 2356
Antillo ME 8 919 3275
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 7220
Tripi ME 9 873 8093
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 8938
Limina ME 11 836 9774
Roccafiorita ME 11 197 9971
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 11 3215 13186
Graniti ME 11 1492 14678
Malvagna ME 12 733 15411
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 16942
Basicò ME 13 612 17554
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 18154
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 18871
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 21158
Castroreale ME 14 2504 23662
Mandanici ME 14 601 24263
Furnari ME 14 3784 28047
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 28713
Gaggi ME 14 3184 31897
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 15 842 32739
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 34795
Gallodoro ME 15 367 35162
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 40565
Savoca ME 16 1732 42297
Falcone ME 17 2808 45105
Letojanni ME 17 2861 47966
Castelmola ME 17 1088 49054
Forza d'Agrò ME 17 911 49965
Terme Vigliatore ME 17 7395 57360
Pagliara ME 18 1170 58530
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 18 1554 60084
Taormina ME 18 10960 71044
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 76352
Oliveri ME 18 2181 78533
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 19 9377 87910
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 97325
San Piero Patti ME 19 2915 100240
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 101220
Piedimonte Etneo CT 19 3963 105183
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 146766
Furci Siculo ME 19 3382 150148

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
42 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 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 2.0
ML-VAX 1.8
1998-02-13
10:22:21
37.981 15.161 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 322979
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1998-02-13 10:22:21 ± 0.306
Latitude 37.9810 ± 0.0334
Longitude 15.1610 ± 0.0160
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 322979

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) 3966.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00259
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 322979
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:02:48

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 322979
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
--.SOI.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:48.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 82 0.6993 0.4 0.6
--.MO9.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:39.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.4107 0.92 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:38.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 271 0.888 -1.82 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 262 0.3663 0.68 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:36.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 0.6993 -0.47 1.5
--.SA1.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:36.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 336 0.6327 0.81 1
--.ATN.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:33.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 53 0.2886 -0.4 0.6
--.MO9.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:31.64 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.4107 0.29 1.8
--.MNO.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:30.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 262 0.3663 -0.04 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1998-02-13T10:22:28.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 53 0.2886 -0.41 1.7
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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