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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 18-06-2008 and time 02:21:07 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 18-06-2008 02:21:07 (UTC)
  • 18-06-2008 04:21:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7030, 15.1560 at 3 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Santa Venerina CT 2 8592 8592
Giarre CT 4 27659 36251
Milo CT 4 1087 37338
Zafferana Etnea CT 5 9517 46855
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 48437
Riposto CT 5 14838 63275
Mascali CT 7 14282 77557
Acireale CT 10 52622 130179
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 11 17984 148163
Aci Catena CT 11 29851 178014
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 11 9623 187637
Viagrande CT 11 8563 196200
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 207110
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 211073
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 12 3524 214597
Pedara CT 13 14102 228699
Valverde CT 14 7840 236539
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 241847
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 249310
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 272370
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 277773
San Gregorio di Catania CT 16 11966 289739
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 310328
Aci Castello CT 16 18723 329051
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 361009
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 17 9479 370488
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 396326
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 404069
Gaggi ME 19 3184 407253
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 416668
Belpasso CT 20 28108 444776
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 449799
Taormina ME 20 10960 460759

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
23 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 2.2
ML 2.1 		2008-06-18
02:21:07		 37.703 15.156 3 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 697559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-06-18 02:21:07 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.7030 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1560 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 3 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 697559

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1263
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 842
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 311
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1486.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.57
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14389
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.79860
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 697559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:12:47

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 697559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:12:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2008-06-18T02:21:34.55 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 182 82.5507 0.549 42
IV.SSY.BHN. 2008-06-18T02:21:28.71 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 187 60.9945 0.473 45
IV.SOI.SHZ. 2008-06-18T02:21:24.14 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 62 88.6446 0.267 45
IV.HAVL.BHE. 2008-06-18T02:21:22.24 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 182 82.5507 -0.69 80
IV.ECNV.BHZ. 2008-06-18T02:21:22.32 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 253 40.8258 0.313 72
IV.SSY.BHN. 2008-06-18T02:21:19.36 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 187 60.9945 -0.242 71
IV.GALF.HHE. 2008-06-18T02:21:18.04 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 271 51.8037 -0.147 73
IV.ECNV.BHZ. 2008-06-18T02:21:17.10 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 253 40.8258 1.094 54
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2008-06-18T02:21:17.72 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 18 27.1506 0.434 72
IV.ESLN.BHE. 2008-06-18T02:21:13.20 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 266 15.9729 -0.289 76
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2008-06-18T02:21:12.98 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 18 27.1506 -0.299 99
IV.ESLN.BHE. 2008-06-18T02:21:10.74 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 266 15.9729 -0.347 100
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