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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 24-02-2021 and time 22:34:46 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Gangi (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Gangi (PA), on

  • 24-02-2021 22:34:46 (UTC)
  • 24-02-2021 23:34:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8190, 14.2300 at 15 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Gangi PA 3 6811 6811
Geraci Siculo PA 8 1945 8756
Castel di Lucio ME 11 1294 10050
Petralia Soprana PA 11 3360 13410
San Mauro Castelverde PA 11 1701 15111
Petralia Sottana PA 12 2821 17932
Sperlinga EN 12 805 18737
Bompietro PA 14 1401 20138
Blufi PA 15 1029 21167
Nicosia EN 17 13899 35066
Castellana Sicula PA 17 3411 38477
Mistretta ME 17 4791 43268
Alimena PA 17 2032 45300
Pettineo ME 17 1350 46650
Castelbuono PA 18 8943 55593
Tusa ME 19 2925 58518
Motta d'Affermo ME 19 739 59257
Reitano ME 20 806 60063

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
39 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
69 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
83 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.3 2021-02-24
22:34:46		 37.819 14.2305 15 2021-02-24
22:43:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 87461131
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-02-24 22:34:46 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8190 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.2305 ± 0.0102
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87461131

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 857
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 540
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 28
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 860.0
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 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09263
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.55398
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87461131
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-24 22:43:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:57.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 66 61.494 94 -0.12 72
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:54.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 311 20.0688 112 0.33 49
IV.SCIAR.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:54.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 44.2224 97 0.03 75
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:54.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 338 20.7681 111 0.12 76
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:53.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 112 31.8459 101 0.22 74
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:52.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 279 10.2786 137 0.06 79
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:51.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 338 20.7681 111 0.03 78
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:51.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 219 24.4533 106 0.12 77
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:50.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 20.0688 112 -0.28 74
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2021-02-24T22:34:49.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 10.2786 137 -0.31 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0004115 0.28 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:52.79
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003595 0.2 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:52.79
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000334 1.28 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:56.18
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00006254999999999999 0.76 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:56.18
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:1.2 0.00010075000000000001 1.14 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:56.93
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:1.2 0.00008754999999999999 0.88 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:34:57.20
IV.RESU.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001465 1.2 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:00.33
IV.RESU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00008854999999999998 0.34 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:02.65
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000157 0.34 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:02.73
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00014050000000000003 0.5 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:06.46
IV.SCIAR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000042 0.5 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:10.66
IV.SCIAR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000402 0.34 AML other m 2021-02-24T22:35:11.25
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