Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 28-07-2021 and time 03:55:35 (UTC) in region 4 km SW Castelbuono (PA)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Castelbuono (PA), on

  • 28-07-2021 03:55:35 (UTC)
  • 28-07-2021 05:55:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9040, 14.0650 at 8 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Castelbuono PA 4 8943 8943
Isnello PA 7 1589 10532
Geraci Siculo PA 9 1945 12477
Gratteri PA 11 963 13440
Petralia Sottana PA 11 2821 16261
San Mauro Castelverde PA 11 1701 17962
Collesano PA 11 4054 22016
Polizzi Generosa PA 12 3407 25423
Petralia Soprana PA 13 3360 28783
Pollina PA 13 2974 31757
Castellana Sicula PA 14 3411 35168
Scillato PA 15 613 35781
Lascari PA 15 3588 39369
Cefalù PA 16 14393 53762
Blufi PA 17 1029 54791
Gangi PA 17 6811 61602
Bompietro PA 18 1401 63003
Caltavuturo PA 18 4017 67020
Tusa ME 18 2925 69945
Campofelice di Roccella PA 19 7537 77482

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
52 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Gela (75827 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 0.9 2021-07-28
03:55:35
37.9042 14.0647 8 2021-07-28
04:57:53
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 93289771
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-07-28 03:55:35 ± 0.29
Latitude 37.9042 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.0647 ± 0.0228
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 93289771

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2144
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 358
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 249
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2140.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 189
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.03327
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.10792
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 93289771
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-07-28 04:57:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:40.11 0.6 undecidable manual S 340 10.0788 129 0.29 48
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:39.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 151 8.9799 132 0.18 49
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:38.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 351 3.6963 155 -0.15 50
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:38.23 0.6 positive manual P 35 11.9769 124 0.01 50
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:37.70 0.3 positive manual P 151 8.9799 132 -0.04 76
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:37.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 340 10.0788 129 0.01 51
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-07-28T03:55:36.98 0.1 negative manual P 351 3.6963 155 -0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0002855 0.48 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:40.53
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0001365 0.52 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:40.38
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00011899999999999999 0.5 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:41.92
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0001036 0.4 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:42.56
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:0.8 0.00006850000000000001 0.76 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:43.49
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:0.8 0.00007604999999999999 0.38 AML other m 2021-07-28T03:55:43.57
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