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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 10-10-2019 and time 09:52:56 (Italy) in region 3 km N Cerami (EN)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Cerami (EN), on

  • 10-10-2019 07:52:56 (UTC)
  • 10-10-2019 09:52:56 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8380, 14.5130 at 36 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
Cerami EN 3 2006 2006
Capizzi ME 3 3176 5182
Troina EN 10 9373 14555
Nicosia EN 14 13899 28454
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 14 3593 32047
Sperlinga EN 16 805 32852
San Teodoro ME 17 1403 34255
Mistretta ME 17 4791 39046
Cesarò ME 18 2439 41485
Castel di Lucio ME 19 1294 42779
Agira EN 20 8345 51124

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km W 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 1.5 2019-10-10
07:52:56		 37.8378 14.513 36 2020-02-28
16:42:12		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74473391
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2019-10-10
07:52:56		 37.8382 14.5108 36 2019-10-10
08:02:42		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 73177121
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-10-10 07:52:56 ± 0.2
Latitude 37.8378 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.5130 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 36 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74473391

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 924
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 491
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 360
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 920.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13400
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41279
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74473391
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-09 09:20:13

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73177121
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-10 08:02:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-10-10T07:53:11.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 54 38.9277 129 0.28 45
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:10.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 269 34.9428 132 0.28 46
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2019-10-10T07:53:10.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 298 36.6411 131 -0.45 44
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:08.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 57 18.9699 150 0.09 49
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:08.58 0.6 undecidable manual S 18 22.755 145 0.1 48
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:07.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 162 14.874 156 -0.1 74
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:05.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 286 41.3253 127 0.01 96
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-10-10T07:53:05.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 292 45.8208 124 0.14 70
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2019-10-10T07:53:05.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 54 38.9277 129 0.02 96
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:04.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 269 34.9428 132 0.12 71
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2019-10-10T07:53:04.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 298 36.6411 131 0.05 96
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:02.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 18 22.755 145 -0.31 93
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:02.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 162 14.874 156 -0.03 100
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-10-10T07:53:02.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 57 18.9699 150 -0.06 74
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002085062 0.3584 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:09.14
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.6 0.00013916191 0.7104 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:13.99
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00022605775 0.6976 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:10.61
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000069000035 0.3648 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:14.45
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.000063518115 0.32 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:09.43
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00005979521 0.9984 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:16.53
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000044362645 0.6784 AML other m 2019-10-10T07:53:13.16
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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