Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 22-11-2009 and time 05:29:43 (UTC) in region 5 km NE San Mauro Castelverde (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NE San Mauro Castelverde (PA), on

  • 22-11-2009 05:29:43 (UTC)
  • 22-11-2009 06:29:43 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9400, 14.2390 at 2 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
San Mauro Castelverde PA 5 1701 1701
Tusa ME 5 2925 4626
Pettineo ME 6 1350 5976
Motta d'Affermo ME 7 739 6715
Castel di Lucio ME 9 1294 8009
Pollina PA 10 2974 10983
Reitano ME 10 806 11789
Mistretta ME 11 4791 16580
Geraci Siculo PA 12 1945 18525
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 13 4694 23219
Castelbuono PA 13 8943 32162
Gangi PA 16 6811 38973
Petralia Soprana PA 20 3360 42333
Petralia Sottana PA 20 2821 45154

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
52 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
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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 2.1 2009-11-22
05:29:43
37.94 14.239 2 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 993409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-11-22 05:29:43 ± 0.16
Latitude 37.9400 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.2390 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 2 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 993409

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 251
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 848.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 324
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.11
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.17537
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 993409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:01:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.SHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:50.52 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 287 19.4694 0.154 72
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:49.05 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 269 15.873 -0.074 74
IV.GIB.SHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:47.49 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 287 19.4694 -0.009 74
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-11-22T05:29:47.13 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 305 10.2786 -0.071 99
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:46.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 269 15.873 -0.004 100
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:46.13 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-11-22T05:29:45.70 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 305 10.2786 0.026 100
IV.MMN.HHZ. 2009-11-22T05:29:41.74 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ORI.HHE. 2009-11-22T05:29:27.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHE. 2009-11-22T05:29:09.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR4.BHN. 2009-11-22T05:29:09.85 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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