Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 20-10-1986 and time 14:06:02 (UTC) in region 6 km N Licata (AG)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 6 km N Licata (AG), on

  • 20-10-1986 14:06:02 (UTC)
  • 20-10-1986 15:06:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1610, 13.9350 at 10 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
Licata AG 7 37797 37797
Campobello di Licata AG 11 10092 47889
Ravanusa AG 13 11766 59655
Palma di Montechiaro AG 16 23302 82957
Camastra AG 16 2083 85040
Riesi CL 19 11586 96626
Naro AG 20 7817 104443
Sommatino CL 20 7038 111481

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km W of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
35 Km SE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
39 Km S of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
59 Km W of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
75 Km W of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Modica (54633 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 1986-10-20
14:06:02
37.161 13.935 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 36199
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1986-10-20 14:06:02 ± 0.922
Latitude 37.1610 ± 0.0349
Longitude 13.9350 ± 0.0510
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 36199

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) 5956.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 267
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.00712
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00745
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 36199
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:36:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 5 0.8214 0.35 1
--.ML9.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:30.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 93 0.7881 0.06 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:29.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 97 0.8103 -0.74 0.3
--.ML9.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:19.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 93 0.7881 1.14 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 5 0.8214 -0.56 1.2
--.PZI.Z. 1986-10-20T14:06:18.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 97 0.8103 -0.21 1.7
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