Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 14-02-2002 and time 15:42:23 (Italy) in region 7 km E Carlentini (SR)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Carlentini (SR), on

  • 14-02-2002 14:42:23 (UTC)
  • 14-02-2002 15:42:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3020, 15.0940 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
Carlentini SR 8 17798 17798
Lentini SR 9 24085 41883
Augusta SR 14 36305 78188
Melilli SR 14 13621 91809
Sortino SR 16 8690 100499
Priolo Gargallo SR 18 12091 112590

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
32 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
63 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
79 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
94 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.6
2002-02-14
14:42:23
37.302 15.094 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 436259
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-02-14 14:42:23 ± 0.155
Latitude 37.3020 ± 0.0089
Longitude 15.0940 ± 0.0083
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 436259

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) 1236.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00631
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:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 436259
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:52:09

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 436259
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
--.MNO.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:49.66 10.0 undecidable manual SG 333 0.6993 0.57 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:38.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 333 0.6993 -0.2 0.9
--.MEU.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:34.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 227 0.2775 0.15 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:34.25 10.0 undecidable manual SG 205 0.2664 0.05 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:30.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 205 0.2664 0.3 1.1
--.MEU.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:29.40 10.0 positive manual PG 227 0.2775 -0.55 0.9
--.AGST.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:28.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 0.111 -0.32 0.4
--.AGST.Z. 2002-02-14T14:42:26.36 10.0 negative manual PG 113 0.111 0.04 3.2
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