Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 29-03-2019 and time 01:59:03 (Italy) in region 1 km S Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km S Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 29-03-2019 00:59:03 (UTC)
  • 29-03-2019 01:59:03 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6810, 15.1380 at 3 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Santa Venerina CT 1 8592 8592
Zafferana Etnea CT 4 9517 18109
Milo CT 5 1087 19196
Giarre CT 7 27659 46855
Sant'Alfio CT 7 1582 48437
Acireale CT 8 52622 101059
Riposto CT 8 14838 115897
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 8 17984 133881
Viagrande CT 9 8563 142444
Aci Catena CT 9 29851 172295
Trecastagni CT 9 10910 183205
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 10 3524 186729
Pedara CT 10 14102 200831
Mascali CT 10 14282 215113
Valverde CT 11 7840 222953
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 246013
Nicolosi CT 12 7463 253476
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 274065
San Gregorio di Catania CT 13 11966 286031
Aci Castello CT 14 18723 304754
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 314377
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 346335
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 355814
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 359777
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 385615
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 393358
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 398381
Belpasso CT 17 28108 426489
Calatabiano CT 18 5308 431797
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 437200
Ragalna CT 18 3924 441124

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
20 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Modica (54633 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
ML 2.1 2019-03-29
00:59:03
37.681 15.1385 3 2019-08-22
08:25:11
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 70632901
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.2 2019-03-29
00:59:01
37.6072 15.1168 10 2019-03-29
01:11:10
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 67038431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-03-29 00:59:03 ± 0.24
Latitude 37.6810 ± 0.0162
Longitude 15.1385 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 3 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 70632901

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1860
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1210
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 21
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1860.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.53
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00809
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29947
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70632901
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-06 14:23:41

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67038431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-29 01:11:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:10.23 0.6 undecidable manual P 303 29.3484 97 1.14 33
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-03-29T00:59:09.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 334 16.1727 102 0.21 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:09.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 14 33.2445 96 0.11 72
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:08.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 275 14.4744 103 0.4 46
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-03-29T00:59:08.32 1.0 undecidable manual P 313 22.6551 98 0.56 22
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-03-29T00:59:07.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 334 16.1727 102 0.53 90
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:07.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 356 22.3554 99 -0.14 73
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2019-03-29T00:59:06.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 323 15.2736 102 -0.11 74
IV.ENIC.HHE. 2019-03-29T00:59:06.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 242 11.6772 106 0.49 46
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:06.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 103 4.4955 127 0.98 57
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:05.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 275 14.4744 103 -0.49 68
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-03-29T00:59:04.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 103 4.4955 127 -0.13 100
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2019-03-29T00:59:03.48 0.1 undecidable manual S 344 0.8991 164 -0.9 79
IV.EVRN.HNN. 2019-03-29T00:59:02.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 344 0.8991 164 -1.06 73
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0013113329999999998 0.46 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:10.82
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00040147325 1.6 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:11.05
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001185665 0.6 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:12.37
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:2.2 0.00117010565 0.74 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:14.23
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:2.3 0.001448044 0.34 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:16.03
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0003119538 0.3 AML other m 2019-03-29T00:59:20.57
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