Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 28-09-2021 and time 12:53:38 (Italy) in region 8 km W Augusta (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.2 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Augusta (SR), on

  • 28-09-2021 10:53:38 (UTC)
  • 28-09-2021 12:53:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2590, 15.1410 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Augusta SR 8 36305 36305
Melilli SR 9 13621 49926
Carlentini SR 11 17798 67724
Priolo Gargallo SR 12 12091 79815
Lentini SR 13 24085 103900
Sortino SR 14 8690 112590
Solarino SR 18 8091 120681
Floridia SR 20 22762 143443

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
28 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
64 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.2 2021-09-28
10:53:38
37.2587 15.1413 1 2022-03-30
13:04:09
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 96258811
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2021-09-28
10:53:37
37.2538 15.194 7 2021-09-28
11:12:32
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 95987731
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-09-28 10:53:38 ± 0.06
Latitude 37.2587 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.1413 ± 0.0045
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 96258811

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 440
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 270
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 306
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 185
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 4
Number of defining phases 4
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02878
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23203
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 95987731
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-09-28 11:12:32

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 96258811
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-08 14:07:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2021-09-28T10:53:43.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 293 25.752 91 0.09 47
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2021-09-28T10:53:41.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 208 12.6762 92 0.01 74
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2021-09-28T10:53:40.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 286 9.9789 93 -0.04 98
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2021-09-28T10:53:39.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 23 3.1968 99 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00016230485 1.456 AML other m 2021-09-28T10:53:44.03
IV.HCRL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0002475 0.76 AML other m 2021-09-28T10:53:44.66
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000386785 0.3968 AML other m 2021-09-28T10:53:44.60
IV.HCRL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00020850000000000003 0.48 AML other m 2021-09-28T10:53:44.90
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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