Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 02-12-2019 and time 19:11:24 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Adrano (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Adrano (CT), on

  • 02-12-2019 18:11:24 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2019 19:11:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6500, 14.8130 at 11 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
Adrano CT 2 36122 36122
Biancavilla CT 5 24007 60129
Centuripe EN 7 5470 65599
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 8 7641 73240
PaternĂ² CT 11 48228 121468
Ragalna CT 11 3924 125392
Catenanuova EN 14 4866 130258
Regalbuto EN 15 7277 137535
Bronte CT 16 19172 156707
Belpasso CT 16 28108 184815
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 189838
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 197301

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
32 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
82 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
82 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
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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
18:11:24
37.65 14.8128 11 2020-02-28
16:42:14
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 74737481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-12-02 18:11:24 ± 0.44
Latitude 37.6500 ± 0.0144
Longitude 14.8128 ± 0.0352
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 74737481

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3296
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 933
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 113
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 239
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.06115
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30487
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 74737481
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-12-17 14:38:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:36.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 171 33.8439 90 0.36 46
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-12-02T18:11:33.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 50 27.8499 90 -0.45 44
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:31.06 0.3 undecidable manual S 71 14.9739 92 0.06 75
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:31.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 171 33.8439 90 -0.17 94
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2019-12-02T18:11:30.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 27.8499 90 0.26 69
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:29.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 51 24.9528 90 -0.15 96
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:28.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 121 6.7932 137 -0.24 73
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:28.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 14.9739 92 0.44 90
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2019-12-02T18:11:26.98 0.1 positive manual P 121 6.7932 137 -0.17 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00091409485 0.4224 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:29.11
IV.ESML.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00067092655 0.192 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:28.97
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00066074625 0.6016 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:33.11
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00065793865 0.9216 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:33.91
IV.EMCN.HNE. ML:2.3 0.0010913650000000002 0.4992 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:35.18
IV.EMCN.HNN. ML:2.4 0.0014901105000000002 0.4992 AML other m 2019-12-02T18:11:34.02
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