Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 17-09-2017 and time 00:47:12 (Italy) in region 7 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 7 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 16-09-2017 22:47:12 (UTC)
  • 17-09-2017 00:47:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7340, 15.0390 at 9 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
Milo CT 7 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 10 8592 20778
Giarre CT 13 27659 48437
Pedara CT 13 14102 62539
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 70002
Trecastagni CT 13 10910 80912
Mascali CT 14 14282 95194
Ragalna CT 14 3924 99118
Viagrande CT 15 8563 107681
Riposto CT 15 14838 122519
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 126482
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 131885
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 149869
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 16 3524 153393
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 16 9623 163016
Belpasso CT 17 28108 191124
Aci Catena CT 17 29851 220975
Acireale CT 18 52622 273597
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 294186
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 326144
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 333887
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 357894
San Giovanni la Punta CT 18 23060 380954
Randazzo CT 18 10900 391854
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 395069
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 402710
Moio Alcantara ME 19 717 403427
Maletto CT 19 3920 407347
Camporotondo Etneo CT 19 5023 412370
Valverde CT 19 7840 420210
Bronte CT 19 19172 439382
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 465220
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 470528
San Gregorio di Catania CT 20 11966 482494
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 20 9479 491973
Adrano CT 20 36122 528095

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
18 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
90 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Modica (54633 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
ML 2.0 2017-09-16
22:47:12
37.7338 15.0388 9 2018-09-04
09:06:01
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 54955321
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.0 2017-09-16
22:47:12
37.7192 15.0485 9 2017-09-16
22:54:48
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 50165301
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-09-16 22:47:12 ± 0.14
Latitude 37.7338 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.0388 ± 0.0136
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 54955321

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1215
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 796
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 247
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 85
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06475
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.64391
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 54955321
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-06-25 14:03:56

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 50165301
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-16 22:54:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:25.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 337 37.2294 50 0.3 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:25.26 0.1 undecidable manual P 356 71.4729 50 0.22 91
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:24.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 177 63.9915 50 0.26 69
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:22.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 51.4152 50 0.55 66
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:22.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 163 55.5 50 -0.22 71
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:21.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 267 41.5251 50 0.69 63
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:21.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 168 50.8158 50 -0.61 64
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:20.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 306 37.2294 50 0.34 71
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:20.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 228 18.9699 115 0.51 47
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:20.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 118 14.7741 121 2.13 18
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:20.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 45.2214 50 -0.63 64
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:19.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 337 37.2294 50 -0.1 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:18.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 33 31.3464 50 -0.7 85
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:17.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 321 12.3765 126 0.25 50
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:16.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 228 18.9699 115 0.24 100
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:16.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 118 14.7741 121 0.33 99
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:16.17 0.1 undecidable manual P 302 18.87 115 -0.34 98
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:15.91 0.6 undecidable manual S 232 7.1928 141 -0.42 49
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:15.11 0.1 negative manual P 321 12.3765 126 -0.3 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2017-09-16T22:47:14.23 0.1 positive manual P 232 7.1928 141 -0.42 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0022616595 0.2304 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:16.12
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:2.4 0.003713622 0.2048 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:16.11
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.003179808 0.3072 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:18.27
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.3 0.002494403 0.1536 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:18.71
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.2 0.001411548 0.448 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:20.72
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0016205695 0.4736 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:21.43
IV.ESML.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00044873360000000003 0.256 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:22.52
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0001605731 0.3968 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:25.59
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00027698535 0.2304 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:25.96
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00032930155 0.5248 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:26.05
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000030417510000000002 0.5376 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:27.06
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00008192521999999999 0.3328 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:32.31
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000024434588999999998 0.1024 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:32.91
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00040880425 0.4608 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:39.52
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0002967341 0.576 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:41.45
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00009114725999999999 0.2816 AML other m 2017-09-16T22:47:41.64
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