Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 08-09-2015 and time 11:32:23 (Italy) in region 8 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 08-09-2015 09:32:23 (UTC)
  • 08-09-2015 11:32:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7400, 15.0300 at 0 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
Milo CT 8 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 10 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 20778
Giarre CT 14 27659 48437
Pedara CT 14 14102 62539
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 70002
Trecastagni CT 14 10910 80912
Ragalna CT 15 3924 84836
Mascali CT 15 14282 99118
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 103081
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 108484
Riposto CT 15 14838 123322
Viagrande CT 16 8563 131885
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 17 9623 141508
Belpasso CT 17 28108 169616
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 17 17984 187600
Randazzo CT 17 10900 198500
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 202024
Maletto CT 18 3920 205944
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 229951
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 230668
Bronte CT 18 19172 249840
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 253055
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 282906
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 290649
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 298290
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 318879
Acireale CT 19 52622 371501
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 403459
San Giovanni la Punta CT 19 23060 426519
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 431542
Adrano CT 19 36122 467664
Valverde CT 20 7840 475504
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 480812
Gravina di Catania CT 20 25838 506650

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
27 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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
ML 2.0 2015-09-08
09:32:23
37.7402 15.0295 0 2016-02-19
13:21:47
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 22995201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-09-08 09:32:23 ± 0.23
Latitude 37.7402 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.0295 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 0 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 22995201

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1310
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1200
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 99
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1310.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 105
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06385
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.45326
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 22995201
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-01-08 11:04:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:34.69 0.6 undecidable manual P 310 50.3163 90 0.63 44
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:32.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 40.7259 90 0.35 73
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:31.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 40.0266 90 -0.03 78
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:31.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 306 36.1416 90 0.54 70
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:30.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 17.7711 91 0.05 54
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:30.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 33.2445 90 0.09 78
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2015-09-08T09:32:30.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 338 36.2415 90 -0.28 100
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:28.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 322 11.3775 91 0.77 45
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:27.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 118 15.873 91 0.4 76
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:27.08 0.6 undecidable manual S 223 7.0929 92 0.64 47
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:27.01 0.3 undecidable manual P 302 17.7711 91 -0.52 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:25.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 11.3775 91 -0.9 63
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2015-09-08T09:32:24.61 0.1 positive manual P 223 7.0929 92 -0.79 89
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00313 1.2 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:37.80
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0026 0.58 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:38.16
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.001615 1.3 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:42.15
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0007475 0.86 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:43.20
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00015200000000000004 1.12 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:42.35
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000136 1.38 AML other m 2015-09-08T09:32:49.71
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