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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 24-04-2019 and time 16:12:53 (Italy) in region 2 km W Santa Maria di Licodia (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Santa Maria di Licodia (CT), on

  • 24-04-2019 14:12:53 (UTC)
  • 24-04-2019 16:12:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6170, 14.8630 at 4 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.

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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 Maria di Licodia CT 2 7641 7641
Biancavilla CT 3 24007 31648
Paternò CT 6 48228 79876
Adrano CT 6 36122 115998
Ragalna CT 7 3924 119922
Belpasso CT 11 28108 148030
Centuripe EN 11 5470 153500
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 158523
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 165986
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 15 12116 178102
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 185845
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 190711
Misterbianco CT 17 49410 240121
Pedara CT 17 14102 254223
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 286181
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 312019
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 332608
Trecastagni CT 19 10910 343518
Bronte CT 19 19172 362690
Regalbuto EN 20 7277 369967

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
73 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.2 2019-04-24
14:12:53		 37.6167 14.8628 4 2019-08-22
08:25:08		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 70125071
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2019-04-24
14:12:53		 37.6063 14.8518 5 2019-04-24
14:24:47		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 67923681
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-04-24 14:12:53 ± 0.11
Latitude 37.6167 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.8628 ± 0.0079
Depth (km) 4 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 70125071

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 612
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 386
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 294
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 610.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.01349
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.55938
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 16
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70125071
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-07-25 23:08:10

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67923681
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-24 14:24:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-04-24T14:13:10.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 1 47.3193 95 0.36 46
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:05.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 62.0934 50 0.38 66
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:03.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 292 28.0497 99 0.3 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:03.34 0.6 undecidable manual P 39 51.0156 50 -0.09 48
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:03.97 0.6 undecidable manual S 178 29.748 98 0.25 48
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:03.43 0.6 undecidable manual P 28 51.5151 50 -0.09 48
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-04-24T14:13:02.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 1 47.3193 95 0 74
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:01.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 359 23.0547 101 0.24 49
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:00.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 37 37.1295 97 -0.43 69
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-04-24T14:13:00.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 337 37.8288 97 0 75
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:59.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 78 29.2485 98 0.43 70
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:59.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 178 29.748 98 -0.17 74
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:59.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 292 28.0497 99 0.1 75
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2019-04-24T14:12:59.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 38 27.4503 99 0.45 46
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2019-04-24T14:12:59.33 0.6 undecidable manual P 271 31.8459 98 -0.41 46
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-04-24T14:12:58.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 19 23.8539 100 0.15 50
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:58.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 49 12.9759 108 0.64 67
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:57.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 359 23.0547 101 -0.15 75
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:55.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 83 1.4985 161 0.36 74
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:55.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 49 12.9759 108 -0.39 96
IV.ECHR.HHE. 2019-04-24T14:12:54.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 30 8.88 116 -0.78 85
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-04-24T14:12:53.90 0.1 positive manual P 83 1.4985 161 -0.31 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0025514335 0.4992 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:12:59.14
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0018531094999999999 0.3584 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:00.04
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007855387 0.7616 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:05.24
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0008985121 0.3968 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:07.29
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0007713033 0.5568 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:08.52
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00101100265 0.4352 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:08.55
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00023382765 0.48 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:09.86
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00027928385 0.8384 AML other m 2019-04-24T14:13:11.76
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