Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 25-12-1988 and time 23:55:21 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Santa Caterina Villarmosa (CL)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Santa Caterina Villarmosa (CL), on

  • 25-12-1988 22:55:21 (UTC)
  • 25-12-1988 23:55:21 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5680, 14.0710 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
Santa Caterina Villarmosa CL 4 5388 5388
Caltanissetta CL 8 63360 68748
Villarosa EN 10 4937 73685
San Cataldo CL 11 23253 96938
Resuttano CL 13 2038 98976
Marianopoli CL 14 1906 100882
Alimena PA 14 2032 102914
Pietraperzia EN 17 7013 109927
Calascibetta EN 18 4528 114455
Enna EN 18 28019 142474

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
75 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
80 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km NW 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
Md 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7
1988-12-25
22:55:21
37.568 14.071 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 84009
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-12-25 22:55:21 ± 0.336
Latitude 37.5680 ± 0.0244
Longitude 14.0710 ± 0.0271
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 84009

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3613.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 100
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) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00332
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00777
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 84009
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:18:53

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 84009
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MEU.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:49.78 10.0 undecidable manual SG 126 0.7548 2.41 0
--.MNO.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:43.96 10.0 undecidable manual SG 52 0.6105 1.16 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:37.53 10.0 positive manual PG 125 0.8658 -0.77 1.9
--.GIB.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 354 0.4218 0.81 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 126 0.7548 -0.3 1.4
--.MCT.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:35.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 277 0.3663 0.8 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:33.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 52 0.6105 0.01 1.7
--.FAI.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:31.14 10.0 undecidable manual PG 226 0.4329 0.79 1.2
--.GIB.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:29.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 354 0.4218 -0.63 1.4
--.MCT.Z. 1988-12-25T22:55:28.39 10.0 undecidable manual PG 277 0.3663 -0.75 1.2
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