Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 15-12-2013 and time 02:56:06 (Italy) in region 9 km S Cesarò (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 9 km S Cesarò (ME), on

  • 15-12-2013 01:56:06 (UTC)
  • 15-12-2013 02:56:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7660, 14.7230 at 26 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
Cesarò ME 9 2439 2439
San Teodoro ME 9 1403 3842
Bronte CT 10 19172 23014
Troina EN 11 9373 32387
Maniace CT 13 3765 36152
Regalbuto EN 14 7277 43429
Maletto CT 15 3920 47349
Adrano CT 15 36122 83471
Centuripe EN 16 5470 88941
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 18 3593 92534
Biancavilla CT 19 24007 116541
Cerami EN 20 2006 118547

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
43 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
92 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
93 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 2013-12-15
01:56:06		 37.7663 14.7233 26 2015-01-20
11:30:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 5456021
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.5 2013-12-15
01:56:04		 37.8165 14.857 2 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4961621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-12-15 01:56:06 ± 0.33
Latitude 37.7663 ± 0.0126
Longitude 14.7233 ± 0.0387
Depth (km) 26 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 5456021

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3321
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 905
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 275
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3320.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
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) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.13580
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.24106
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5456021
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:27:29

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 4961621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-12-15 07:23:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:29.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 47 137.7621 54 0.4 81
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:22.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 164 48.1185 112 0.34 74
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:19.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 74.2701 104 0.05 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:18.86 0.6 undecidable manual S 23 33.4443 122 -0.18 52
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:16.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 352 18.4704 141 0.57 72
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:15.93 0.6 undecidable manual S 246 15.0738 147 0.43 51
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:15.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 164 48.1185 112 -0.29 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:13.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 23 33.4443 122 -0.54 72
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:11.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 18.4704 141 -0.43 76
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2013-12-15T01:56:11.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 246 15.0738 147 -0.25 80
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00022899999999999998 0.26 AML other m 2013-12-15T01:56:23.12
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000195 0.44 AML other m 2013-12-15T01:56:23.14
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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