Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 06-01-2019 and time 02:16:37 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Petralia Soprana (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Petralia Soprana (PA), on

  • 06-01-2019 01:16:37 (UTC)
  • 06-01-2019 02:16:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8150, 14.1440 at 10 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
Petralia Soprana PA 4 3360 3360
Petralia Sottana PA 5 2821 6181
Geraci Siculo PA 5 1945 8126
Gangi PA 6 6811 14937
Bompietro PA 8 1401 16338
Blufi PA 9 1029 17367
Castellana Sicula PA 9 3411 20778
San Mauro Castelverde PA 12 1701 22479
Polizzi Generosa PA 13 3407 25886
Alimena PA 14 2032 27918
Castelbuono PA 14 8943 36861
Castel di Lucio ME 17 1294 38155
Resuttano CL 18 2038 40193
Isnello PA 19 1589 41782
Sperlinga EN 19 805 42587
Pollina PA 20 2974 45561

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
63 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
75 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1.4 2019-01-06
01:16:37
37.8148 14.1438 10 2019-08-22
08:24:53
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66552851
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2019-01-06
01:16:36
37.7868 14.2048 8 2019-01-06
05:03:41
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64541211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-06 01:16:37 ± 0.3
Latitude 37.8148 ± 0.0225
Longitude 14.1438 ± 0.0364
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66552851

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3171
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2466
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 268
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3170.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.64
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02968
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.34984
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64541211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-06 05:03:41

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66552851
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-06-12 21:47:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:45.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 124 37.8288 50 1.04 52
IV.GALF.HNZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:44.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 38.8278 50 -0.63 62
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2019-01-06T01:16:44.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 258 34.9428 50 0.5 65
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:43.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 331 15.5733 122 -0.35 47
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2019-01-06T01:16:41.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 360 19.7691 116 0.02 74
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:41.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 309 3.2967 161 0.96 57
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:40.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 331 15.5733 122 -0.39 69
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:40.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 20.1687 116 -0.87 57
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-01-06T01:16:39.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 309 3.2967 161 -0.1 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0007715 0.32 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:41.79
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000836 0.28 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:43.59
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000916 1.08 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:46.77
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000691 0.42 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:46.65
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002755 1.12 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:50.78
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00022250000000000001 0.62 AML other m 2019-01-06T01:16:52.77
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