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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 29-04-2019 and time 15:01:35 (Italy) in region 3 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 29-04-2019 13:01:35 (UTC)
  • 29-04-2019 15:01:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7320, 15.0860 at 8 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
Milo CT 3 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 4 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 5 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 7 8592 20778
Giarre CT 9 27659 48437
Mascali CT 10 14282 62719
Riposto CT 10 14838 77557
Piedimonte Etneo CT 12 3963 81520
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 92430
Pedara CT 13 14102 106532
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 116155
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 121558
Viagrande CT 13 8563 130121
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 137584
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 155568
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 159092
Acireale CT 15 52622 211714
Aci Catena CT 15 29851 241565
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 246873
Ragalna CT 17 3924 250797
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 273857
Valverde CT 17 7840 281697
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 284912
Tremestieri Etneo CT 17 20589 305501
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 337459
Belpasso CT 18 28108 365567
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 373310
San Gregorio di Catania CT 19 11966 385276
Gaggi ME 19 3184 388460
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 389177
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 415015
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 424494
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 429517
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 433462
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 434307

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
25 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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 2019-04-29
13:01:35		 37.7318 15.0857 8 2019-08-22
08:25:10		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 70409281
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 2.6 2019-04-29
13:01:34		 37.729 15.061 5 2019-08-10
07:55:39		 Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 68091471
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-04-29 13:01:35 ± 0.07
Latitude 37.7318 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0857 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 70409281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 508
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 289
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) 510.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 65
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 25
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07195
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.57377
Number of stations at which the event was observed 20
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 20
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 70409281
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-07-09 14:21:02

ML:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68091471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-29 13:26:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:47.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 181 63.6918 50 0.14 66
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:46.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 61 61.5939 50 -0.22 87
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:45.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 308 54.7008 50 0.34 65
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.83 0.6 undecidable manual P 189 49.7169 50 -0.02 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 27 51.6039 50 -0.37 86
IV.GALF.HNZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 267 45.621 50 0.67 59
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 167 54.2013 50 -0.55 61
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 204 46.5201 50 -0.26 44
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:44.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 173 49.9167 50 -0.33 65
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:43.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 332 39.2274 50 0.2 91
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:43.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 303 40.7259 50 0.5 64
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:43.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 235 22.0668 110 0.32 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:42.02 0.3 undecidable manual P 8 33.1446 104 -0.19 69
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:42.14 0.3 undecidable manual S 10 16.9719 115 0.26 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:41.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 29.5482 105 -0.05 72
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:40.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 297 22.5552 110 -0.04 73
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:40.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 126 11.1777 126 0.52 67
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:40.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 22.0668 110 -0.01 98
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:39.72 0.1 undecidable manual S 246 10.6782 127 -0.28 94
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:39.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 325 7.9809 135 -0.23 72
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:38.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 10 16.9719 115 -0.14 96
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:38.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 310 15.4734 117 0.08 97
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:38.56 0.3 negative manual P 126 11.1777 126 0.42 68
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:37.66 0.1 negative manual P 325 7.9809 135 0.01 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-29T13:01:37.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 246 10.6782 127 -0.4 92
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0035866129999999998 1.456 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:49.12
IV.EMCN.HNN. ML:2.6 0.032981855000000004 0.192 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:40.78
IV.EMCN.HNE. ML:2.6 0.025806403 0.16 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:40.82
IV.ECTS.EHE. ML:2.1 0.0028559955000000002 1.7056 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:44.97
IV.ECTS.EHN. ML:2.1 0.0024152735 0.224 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:45.02
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001233254 0.3776 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:48.34
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0009168321500000001 1.5008 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:50.18
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0009536567 0.544 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:51.73
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001994917 0.5248 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:51.71
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00015037125 0.16 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:52.69
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00102537265 0.48 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:52.59
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001411458 0.1792 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:54.69
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0008680132 0.5184 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:58.59
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:0.0 0.007077362 0.7168 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:40.80
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0096582735 0.7232 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:40.44
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00036884485 0.48 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:52.29
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:0.0 0.0010444025 0.2816 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:53.40
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:0.0 0.0008201192500000001 0.2624 AML other m 2019-04-29T13:01:53.47
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