Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 12-09-2002 and time 23:59:04 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 12-09-2002 21:59:04 (UTC)
  • 12-09-2002 23:59:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3870, 13.6670 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km NE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
40 Km NE of Palermo (674435 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 2.5
ML-VAX 2.2
2002-09-12
21:59:04
38.387 13.667 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 451459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-09-12 21:59:04 ± 0.274
Latitude 38.3870 ± 0.0139
Longitude 13.6670 ± 0.0164
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 451459

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) 2099.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 194
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) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 451459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:07:14

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 451459
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
--.USI.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:24.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 310 0.4995 0.7 0.3
--.CLTB.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:23.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 203 0.8769 0.73 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:23.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 144 0.4884 0.12 0.8
--.MPG.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:17.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 227 0.3219 -0.28 0.7
--.GIB.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:14.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 144 0.4884 -0.45 1.5
--.USI.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:14.82 10.0 undecidable manual PG 310 0.4995 -0.52 1.3
--.MPG.Z. 2002-09-12T21:59:11.55 10.0 undecidable manual PG 227 0.3219 -0.31 1.8
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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