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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 02-12-2019 and time 12:24:26 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Bompietro (PA)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Bompietro (PA), on

  • 02-12-2019 11:24:26 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2019 12:24:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7340, 14.1280 at 27 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.

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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
Bompietro PA 3 1401 1401
Alimena PA 5 2032 3433
Blufi PA 5 1029 4462
Petralia Soprana PA 7 3360 7822
Petralia Sottana PA 9 2821 10643
Castellana Sicula PA 9 3411 14054
Gangi PA 10 6811 20865
Resuttano CL 10 2038 22903
Geraci Siculo PA 14 1945 24848
Polizzi Generosa PA 14 3407 28255
Villarosa EN 17 4937 33192
Santa Caterina Villarmosa CL 18 5388 38580

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
66 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
67 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
75 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
80 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
88 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
92 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
95 Km NW 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 2.0 2019-12-02
11:24:26		 37.7343 14.1283 27 2020-02-28
16:42:14		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74737031
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2019-12-02
11:24:26		 37.7338 14.1357 26 2019-12-02
11:34:46		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 74246731
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-02 11:24:26 ± 0.35
Latitude 37.7343 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.1283 ± 0.0239
Depth (km) 27 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74737031

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1951
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 997
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 259
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1950.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66370
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74737031
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-17 13:50:41

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74246731
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-02 11:34:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:24:39.20 0.3 undecidable manual S 342 29.748 127 0.39 67
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:39.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 62 73.6707 105 0.04 67
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2019-12-02T11:24:39.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 3 28.6491 129 0.42 45
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:37.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 345 23.3544 135 0.17 71
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:36.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 11.5773 155 0.41 46
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:36.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 51 52.4031 112 -0.08 68
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:35.11 0.3 undecidable manual P 94 38.5281 120 0.24 69
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:34.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 354 11.0778 156 -0.74 41
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:24:34.38 1.0 undecidable manual P 273 32.9448 124 0.24 23
IV.PLLN.EHE. 2019-12-02T11:24:33.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 3 28.6491 129 -0.11 71
IV.GIB.HHE. 2019-12-02T11:24:33.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 29.748 127 0.12 71
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:32.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 23.3544 135 -0.32 69
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:31.95 0.1 positive manual P 213 11.5773 155 0 100
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:31.43 0.1 positive manual P 354 11.0778 156 -0.48 91
IV.VAE.HHZ. 2019-12-02T11:24:04.03 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00099193575 0.4608 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:35.52
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0007603432 0.5632 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:35.19
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00086601205 0.544 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:36.91
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00058237435 0.4032 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:36.96
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000089680875 0.4224 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:39.57
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00006443938 0.3648 AML other m 2019-12-02T11:24:39.05
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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