Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 24-02-1991 and time 09:22:07 (UTC) in region 5 km E Bronte (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Bronte (CT), on

  • 24-02-1991 09:22:07 (UTC)
  • 24-02-1991 10:22:07 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7720, 14.8870 at 5 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
Bronte CT 5 19172 19172
Maletto CT 7 3920 23092
Maniace CT 12 3765 26857
Randazzo CT 13 10900 37757
Adrano CT 13 36122 73879
Biancavilla CT 15 24007 97886
Ragalna CT 16 3924 101810
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 17 7641 109451
CesarĂ² ME 17 2439 111890
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 112870
San Teodoro ME 19 1403 114273

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
35 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
87 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.4
ML-VAX 1.8
1991-02-24
09:22:07
37.772 14.887 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 136549
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-02-24 09:22:07 ± 0.21
Latitude 37.7720 ± 0.0127
Longitude 14.8870 ± 0.0185
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 136549

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2155.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01077
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 136549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:07:18

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 136549
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.DR2.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:47.56 10.0 undecidable manual SN 42 1.1988 -0.18 0.7
--.SOI.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:44.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG! 71 0.9657 2.61 0
--.PZI.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:34.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.7104 0.68 0.5
--.DR2.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:29.95 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.1988 -0.75 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:28.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 71 0.9657 0.98 0.7
--.FE2.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:24.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG! 73 0.9768 -3 0
--.GIB.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:22.66 10.0 undecidable manual PG 287 0.7104 0.38 1.9
--.PZI.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:21.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.7104 -0.55 1.5
--.MNO.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:16.39 10.0 undecidable manual SG 316 0.2109 0.27 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1991-02-24T09:22:12.17 10.0 undecidable manual PG 316 0.2109 -0.27 2.2
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