Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 07-07-2002 and time 05:57:19 (Italy) in region 3 km E Militello in Val di Catania (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Militello in Val di Catania (CT), on

  • 07-07-2002 03:57:19 (UTC)
  • 07-07-2002 05:57:19 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2670, 14.8280 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Militello in Val di Catania CT 3 7443 7443
Scordia CT 4 17095 24538
Francofonte SR 6 12800 37338
Palagonia CT 10 16608 53946
Mineo CT 12 5159 59105
Vizzini CT 14 6241 65346
Lentini SR 15 24085 89431
Buccheri SR 16 1999 91430
Licodia Eubea CT 16 3081 94511
Carlentini SR 17 17798 112309
Ramacca CT 18 10894 123203
Grammichele CT 18 13418 136621
Ferla SR 19 2523 139144

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
39 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
46 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
49 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
56 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
72 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 2.0 2002-07-07
03:57:19
37.267 14.828 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 444779
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-07-07 03:57:19 ± 0.256
Latitude 37.2670 ± 0.0130
Longitude 14.8280 ± 0.0141
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 444779

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) 1904.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 167
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00138
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01182
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:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 444779
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:00:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CLTB.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:44.90 10.0 undecidable manual PN 284 1.3098 0.16 0.6
--.AGST.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:32.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 91 0.3108 0.3 0.4
--.PZI.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:29.48 10.0 undecidable manual SG 155 0.222 0.6 0.1
--.AGST.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:26.95 10.0 positive manual PG 91 0.3108 0.02 3.1
--.MEU.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:26.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 179 0.1554 0.45 0.2
--.PZI.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:24.65 10.0 negative manual PG 155 0.222 -0.39 1.2
--.MEU.Z. 2002-07-07T03:57:23.46 10.0 undecidable manual PG 179 0.1554 0.05 1.5
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