Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 18-05-1993 and time 00:41:58 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Pollina (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Pollina (PA), on

  • 17-05-1993 22:41:58 (UTC)
  • 18-05-1993 00:41:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9720, 14.1700 at 6 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
Pollina PA 3 2974 2974
Tusa ME 6 2925 5899
San Mauro Castelverde PA 7 1701 7600
Castelbuono PA 8 8943 16543
Pettineo ME 11 1350 17893
Motta d'Affermo ME 12 739 18632
Geraci Siculo PA 13 1945 20577
Isnello PA 15 1589 22166
Cefalù PA 15 14393 36559
Reitano ME 15 806 37365
Castel di Lucio ME 16 1294 38659
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 17 4694 43353
Gratteri PA 17 963 44316
Mistretta ME 18 4791 49107
Petralia Sottana PA 20 2821 51928
Gangi PA 20 6811 58739

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
96 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.3 1993-05-17
22:41:58
37.972 14.17 6 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 185379
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-05-17 22:41:58 ± 0.124
Latitude 37.9720 ± 0.0166
Longitude 14.1700 ± 0.0147
Depth (km) 6 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 185379

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) 2254.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 150
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00024
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00923
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 185379
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:54:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.ATN.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:19.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 79 1.0212 -0.49 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:15.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 95 0.4107 0.21 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:08.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 95 0.4107 0.09 1.3
--.GIB.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:03.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.111 -0.29 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:02.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 278 0.111 0.28 1
--.CS9.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:02.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 245 0.0777 -0.23 0.4
--.PL9.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 313 0.0222 -0.31 0.4
--.CS9.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:01.17 10.0 positive manual PG 245 0.0777 0.02 3.9
--.PL9.Z. 1993-05-17T22:42:00.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 313 0.0222 0.21 1.2
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