Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.2 on date 04-01-2001 and time 12:19:56 (Italy) in region 8 km SW Paternò (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 8 km SW Paternò (CT), on

  • 04-01-2001 11:19:56 (UTC)
  • 04-01-2001 12:19:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5160, 14.8620 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
Paternò CT 8 48228 48228
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 10 12116 60344
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 12 7641 67985
Misterbianco CT 13 49410 117395
Belpasso CT 13 28108 145503
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 150526
Biancavilla CT 14 24007 174533
Ragalna CT 15 3924 178457
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 186200
Centuripe EN 16 5470 191670
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 196536
Adrano CT 17 36122 232658
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 264616
Nicolosi CT 18 7463 272079
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 297917
Castel di Iudica CT 19 4625 302542
Tremestieri Etneo CT 20 20589 323131
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 332610

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
29 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
69 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
97 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.2 2001-01-04
11:19:56
37.516 14.862 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 408589
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2001-01-04 11:19:56 ± 0.253
Latitude 37.5160 ± 0.0131
Longitude 14.8620 ± 0.0342
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 408589

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) 3353.5
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 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00348
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00979
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 408589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:24:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:33.68 10.0 undecidable manual SN 59 1.0878 -0.73 0.1
--.SOI.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:18.54 10.0 undecidable manual PN 59 1.0878 0.13 1.3
--.PZI.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:14.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 171 0.4551 -0.31 0.6
--.AU9.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:12.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 132 0.3885 1.12 0
--.MNO.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:06.57 10.0 undecidable manual PG 342 0.4329 0.25 1.6
--.PZI.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:06.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 171 0.4551 -0.04 1.9
--.AU9.Z. 2001-01-04T11:20:04.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 132 0.3885 -0.36 1.4
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