Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 12-12-2000 and time 15:02:06 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Ramacca (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Ramacca (CT), on

  • 12-12-2000 14:02:06 (UTC)
  • 12-12-2000 15:02:06 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3980, 14.6800 at 17 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
Ramacca CT 2 10894 10894
Palagonia CT 10 16608 27502
Castel di Iudica CT 11 4625 32127
Mineo CT 15 5159 37286
Raddusa CT 16 3178 40464
Militello in Val di Catania CT 17 7443 47907
Scordia CT 19 17095 65002
Catenanuova EN 19 4866 69868

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
49 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.7
2000-12-12
14:02:06
37.398 14.68 17 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 407859
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-12-12 14:02:06 ± 0.142
Latitude 37.3980 ± 0.0112
Longitude 14.6800 ± 0.0221
Depth (km) 17 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 407859

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) 2319.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 170
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
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) 0.00356
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01149
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 407859
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:24:04

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 407859
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
--.GIB.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:32.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 319 0.777 -0.82 0
--.CS9.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:32.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 318 0.7215 0.35 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:29.20 10.0 undecidable manual PN 57 1.2765 -0.25 0.6
--.MNO.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:26.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 1 0.5328 0.41 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:25.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 39 0.9657 0.25 0.8
--.GIB.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:22.34 10.0 undecidable manual PG 319 0.777 0.17 1.1
--.CS9.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:21.11 10.0 undecidable manual PG 318 0.7215 0.08 1.4
--.PZI.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:21.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 148 0.3996 -0.14 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:17.44 10.0 negative manual PG 1 0.5328 -0.14 2.5
--.PZI.Z. 2000-12-12T14:02:15.25 10.0 negative manual PG 148 0.3996 0.07 2.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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