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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 08-01-2007 and time 11:58:25 (Italy) in region 2 km SW Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Melilli (SR), on

  • 08-01-2007 10:58:25 (UTC)
  • 08-01-2007 11:58:25 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1710, 15.1140 at 10 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Melilli SR 2 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 7 12091 25712
Sortino SR 7 8690 34402
Solarino SR 8 8091 42493
Floridia SR 10 22762 65255
Augusta SR 12 36305 101560
Carlentini SR 15 17798 119358
Canicattini Bagni SR 16 7109 126467
Ferla SR 16 2523 128990
Lentini SR 16 24085 153075
Cassaro SR 16 821 153896

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
77 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 		Md 2.0
ML 1.5 		2007-01-08
10:58:25		 37.171 15.114 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 608919
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2007-01-08 10:58:25 ± 0.19
Latitude 37.1710 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.1140 ± 0.0282
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 608919

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1000
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 71
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2817.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 132
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.58
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21134
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 608919
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:37:18

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 608919
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:37:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CRE.BHN. 2007-01-08T10:59:02.29 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:59.94 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.LNSS.BHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:55.03 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.NRCA.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:54.26 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.DOI.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:53.99 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CAMP.BHE. 2007-01-08T10:58:52.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LNSS.BHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:51.96 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ORI.EHE. 2007-01-08T10:58:51.13 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:36.08 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2007-01-08T10:58:35.12 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 178 23.4543 1.012 37
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2007-01-08T10:58:31.45 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 16 13.0758 0.481 46
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:30.85 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 46 13.7751 -0.289 48
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:29.02 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 247 3.8961 0.051 39
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2007-01-08T10:58:29.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 178 23.4543 -0.545 89
I1.HAGA.BHN. 2007-01-08T10:58:28.42 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 16 13.0758 -0.129 100
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:28.80 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 46 13.7751 0.149 99
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2007-01-08T10:58:27.38 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 247 3.8961 -0.018 78
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