Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 14-06-1999 and time 22:36:27 (Italy) in region 4 km NW Lentini (SR)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NW Lentini (SR), on

  • 14-06-1999 20:36:27 (UTC)
  • 14-06-1999 22:36:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3150, 14.9790 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
Lentini SR 4 24085 24085
Carlentini SR 5 17798 41883
Scordia CT 12 17095 58978
Francofonte SR 13 12800 71778
Militello in Val di Catania CT 17 7443 79221
Sortino SR 18 8690 87911
Melilli SR 20 13621 101532

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
37 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
40 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
49 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
54 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
56 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.6
1999-06-14
20:36:27
37.315 14.979 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 368779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1999-06-14 20:36:27 ± 0.19
Latitude 37.3150 ± 0.0106
Longitude 14.9790 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 368779

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) 1429.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 189
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00178
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00793
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 368779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:46:00

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 368779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.MO9.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:59.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 39 0.8769 0.2 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:45.61 10.0 undecidable manual PG 39 0.8769 -0.23 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:37.31 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.2331 0.37 0
--.PZI.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:37.44 10.0 undecidable manual SG 185 0.2553 -0.45 0
--.AU9.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:35.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 107 0.1998 0.07 0.5
--.MEU.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:33.10 10.0 positive manual PG 210 0.2331 0.07 2.4
--.PZI.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:33.50 10.0 positive manual PG 185 0.2553 -0.08 2.3
--.AU9.Z. 1999-06-14T20:36:32.38 10.0 positive manual PG 107 0.1998 0.08 2.3
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