Earthquake:

Basso Tirreno

Flinn Engdahl Region:

Sicily, Italy

Country:

Italy

Date and Time:

15.04.1978 23:33:48 UTC

Epicenter:

38.27° N 14.86° E WGS84

Focal Depth:

15km

Mb:

5.5

ML:

5.6

Ms:

5.83

Mw:

6

Mo:

1.2E+18Nm

Intensity:

VIIIMCS

Fault Mechanism:

thrust

Earthquake Reference:

Ambraseys N., P. Smit, R. Berardi, D. Rinaldis, F. Cotton, C. Berge (2000): Dissemination of

European Strong-Motion Data. CD-ROM collection, European Commission, DGXII, Science,

Research and Development, Bruxelles, Belgium

Last Revision:

15.06.2000

Acceleration Time Histories:

total:

4 records

Dist. [km]

PGA [m/s*s]

Station Name

Coordinates

Geology

D

Fault.

Horizontal

Vertical

Naso

38.119 N

14.786 E

stiff soil

18

16

1.494

0.803

Patti-Cabina Prima

38.134 N

14.976 E

soft soil

18

11

1.585

0.494

Milazzo

38.232 N

15.244 E

rock

34

30

0.728

0.771

Messina 1

38.207 N

15.516 E

rock

58

52

0.368

0.275