Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 13-03-2019 and time 23:36:51 (Italy) in region 4 km NE Adrano (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Adrano (CT), on

  • 13-03-2019 22:36:51 (UTC)
  • 13-03-2019 23:36:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6800, 14.8720 at 24 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
Adrano CT 4 36122 36122
Biancavilla CT 4 24007 60129
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 7 7641 67770
Ragalna CT 8 3924 71694
PaternĂ² CT 12 48228 119922
Bronte CT 13 19172 139094
Centuripe EN 13 5470 144564
Belpasso CT 14 28108 172672
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 180135
Maletto CT 17 3920 184055
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 189078
Pedara CT 18 14102 203180
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 210923
Trecastagni CT 20 10910 221833
Mascalucia CT 20 31958 253791

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
74 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Modica (54633 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 1.6 2019-03-13
22:36:51
37.6803 14.8715 24 2019-08-22
08:25:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71242481
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2019-03-13
22:36:53
37.761 14.8647 7 2019-03-13
22:48:40
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 66518031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-03-13 22:36:51 ± 0.34
Latitude 37.6803 ± 0.0162
Longitude 14.8715 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 24 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71242481

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1877
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 684
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 332
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1880.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 103
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06205
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40739
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71242481
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-07 09:46:30

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66518031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-13 22:48:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:37:02.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 277 26.9508 126 0.43 46
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:37:00.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 24 17.0718 141 -0.02 51
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-03-13T22:37:00.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 45.2214 111 0.28 69
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:59.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 355 15.9729 142 -0.09 51
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-03-13T22:36:59.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 0 40.2264 114 0.18 71
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:57.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 277 26.9508 126 -0.23 96
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:56.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 24 17.0718 141 -0.32 96
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:55.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 355 15.9729 142 -0.26 73
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:55.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 174 6.8931 162 0.25 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-03-13T22:36:55.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 81 9.1797 157 -0.05 77
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0002205 0.32 AML other m 2019-03-13T22:37:00.32
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002085 0.66 AML other m 2019-03-13T22:37:03.97
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000195 0.46 AML other m 2019-03-13T22:37:03.58
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000141 0.88 AML other m 2019-03-13T22:37:04.66
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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