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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 10-10-2018 and time 22:53:51 (Italy) in region 6 km S Bronte (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Bronte (CT), on

  • 10-10-2018 20:53:51 (UTC)
  • 10-10-2018 22:53:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7330, 14.8340 at 23 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
Bronte CT 6 19172 19172
Adrano CT 8 36122 55294
Biancavilla CT 11 24007 79301
Maletto CT 11 3920 83221
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 14 7641 90862
Ragalna CT 15 3924 94786
Maniace CT 15 3765 98551
Centuripe EN 15 5470 104021
Cesarò ME 16 2439 106460
San Teodoro ME 18 1403 107863
Paternò CT 18 48228 156091
Randazzo CT 19 10900 166991
Regalbuto EN 19 7277 174268

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
34 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
85 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Modica (54633 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 		ML 2.0 2018-10-10
20:53:51		 37.7328 14.8338 23 2019-06-04
09:16:15		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 68303141
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 1.7 2018-10-10
20:53:51		 37.751 14.832 12 2019-05-06
09:34:27		 Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 61815981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-10-10 20:53:51 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.7328 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.8338 ± 0.0102
Depth (km) 23 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 68303141

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 955
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 339
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 105
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 950.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 67
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09263
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.03602
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68303141
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-06 09:33:58

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61815981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-10 21:42:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:10.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 171 114.996 97 -0.29 59
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:06.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 39 42.1245 111 0.94 37
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:05.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 183 85.9473 99 -0.28 63
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:04.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 216 70.1742 101 0.5 60
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:04.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 72.4719 101 0.14 66
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:03.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 162 67.1772 102 -0.21 88
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:03.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 6 34.5432 116 -0.14 46
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:01.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 331 25.1526 126 0.29 47
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:01.42 0.6 undecidable manual S 264 23.5542 128 0.15 48
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:54:01.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 57.1983 105 -0.43 64
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:59.38 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 31.746 118 1.25 46
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:59.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 11 10.2786 152 0.14 50
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:59.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 39 42.1245 111 0.06 95
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:59.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 163 13.3755 146 0.53 45
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:58.16 0.1 positive manual P 6 34.5432 116 -0.36 89
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:58.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 102 31.8459 118 0.38 45
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:56.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 25.1526 126 -0.33 91
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:56.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 264 23.5542 128 -0.3 93
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2018-10-10T20:53:56.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 70 18.6702 135 0.24 71
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:55.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 11 10.2786 152 -0.46 91
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2018-10-10T20:53:55.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 13.3755 146 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.5 0.002 0.56 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:53:59.49
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.8 0.004275 1.62 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:53:59.84
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0006879999999999999 0.74 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:01.17
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.0004215 0.44 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:02.42
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0003735 0.52 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:03.54
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.1 0.000553 0.36 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:04.40
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0004955000000000001 0.5 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:04.33
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006125000000000001 0.54 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:04.94
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001835 1.08 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:05.88
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001485 1.34 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:06.10
IV.CAGR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000372 0.8 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:08.88
IV.CAGR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00051 0.84 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:08.56
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000111 0.66 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:14.58
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000244 0.78 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:17.74
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00009325 0.44 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:17.58
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0005765 0.44 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:17.67
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0000739 1.44 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:18.09
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000132 0.3 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:18.80
IV.HMDC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0001305 0.36 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:19.88
IV.HMDC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0001275 0.52 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:20.02
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00008074999999999998 0.96 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:21.40
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0001505 1.04 AML other m 2018-10-10T20:54:23.82
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