Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 05-10-1995 and time 01:09:52 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 05-10-1995 01:09:52 (UTC)
  • 05-10-1995 02:09:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7250, 15.2760 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
Riposto CT 6 14838 14838
Giarre CT 8 27659 42497
Mascali CT 8 14282 56779
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 66402
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 67984
Calatabiano CT 12 5308 73292
Piedimonte Etneo CT 13 3963 77255
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 85847
Giardini-Naxos ME 13 9415 95262
Milo CT 14 1087 96349
Taormina ME 14 10960 107309
Castelmola ME 15 1088 108397
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 117914
Acireale CT 16 52622 170536
Gaggi ME 16 3184 173720
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 179123
Letojanni ME 18 2861 181984
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 211835
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 229819
Graniti ME 19 1492 231311
Gallodoro ME 20 367 231678
Mongiuffi Melia ME 20 600 232278

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
16 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
54 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 2.4 1995-10-05
01:09:52
37.725 15.276 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 233909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-10-05 01:09:52 ± 0.148
Latitude 37.7250 ± 0.0106
Longitude 15.2760 ± 0.0169
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 233909

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) 1891.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 141
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00380
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00809
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 233909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:41:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SA1.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:24.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 337 0.8991 -0.39 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:19.23 10.0 undecidable manual SG 60 0.6993 1.25 0
--.MEU.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:18.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.6993 0.16 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:18.73 10.0 undecidable manual SG 201 0.7104 0.38 0.4
--.GMB.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:16.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 44 0.6216 0.9 0.1
--.SA1.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:11.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 337 0.8991 0.16 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 294 0.4995 -0.47 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:09.55 10.0 undecidable manual SG 18 0.444 -0.45 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:09.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 49 0.4218 0.02 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:07.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 60 0.6993 0.08 1.5
--.PZI.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:07.34 10.0 negative manual PG 201 0.7104 -0.06 2.9
--.MEU.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:06.92 10.0 negative manual PG 210 0.6993 -0.29 2.5
--.GMB.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:05.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 44 0.6216 -0.41 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:04.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 294 0.4995 1.18 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:01.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 18 0.444 -0.81 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1995-10-05T01:10:01.99 10.0 negative manual PG 49 0.4218 -0.08 3.1
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