Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 27-06-2012 and time 05:13:24 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Canicattini Bagni (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Canicattini Bagni (SR), on

  • 27-06-2012 03:13:24 (UTC)
  • 27-06-2012 05:13:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.9860, 15.0300 at 7 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Canicattini Bagni SR 6 7109 7109
Noto SR 11 23913 31022
Avola SR 13 31708 62730
Palazzolo Acreide SR 14 8808 71538
Cassaro SR 15 821 72359
Solarino SR 15 8091 80450
Floridia SR 15 22762 103212
Ferla SR 17 2523 105735
Buscemi SR 17 1051 106786
Rosolini SR 20 21427 128213
Sortino SR 20 8690 136903

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
27 Km E of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
28 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
71 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2012-06-27
03:13:24		 36.9688 15.0457 10 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 1727871
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.6 2012-06-27
03:13:24		 36.9863 15.0298 7 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 2791171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-06-27 03:13:24 ± 0.24
Latitude 36.9863 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0298 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 2791171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 566
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 514
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 143
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 152
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31476
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1727871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-06-27 03:23:18

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2791171
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:42:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:36.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 0 32.9448 101 -0.11 47
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:36.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 30 34.6431 101 -0.1 47
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:32.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 18 34.9428 101 0.49 65
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:32.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 22.0668 107 0.02 49
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:31.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 0 32.9448 101 -0.31 90
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:31.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 12 19.3695 109 0.15 48
IV.MEU.SHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:31.99 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.63 0
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:31.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 30 34.6431 101 -0.12 70
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:29.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 262 22.0668 107 0 98
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:28.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 110 8.6802 127 -0.06 49
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:28.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 19.3695 109 0.09 97
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2012-06-27T03:13:26.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 110 8.6802 127 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HAVL.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0005285 1.52 AML other m 2012-06-27T03:13:28.47
IV.HAVL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0006984999999999999 0.3 AML other m 2012-06-27T03:13:29.38
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00029200000000000005 0.72 AML other m 2012-06-27T03:13:34.90
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0004685 0.2 AML other m 2012-06-27T03:13:34.87
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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