Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 19-01-2007 and time 16:56:40 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 19-01-2007 15:56:40 (UTC)
  • 19-01-2007 16:56:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.4690, 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
Catania CT 4 314555 314555
Misterbianco CT 10 49410 363965
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 10 9479 373444
Gravina di Catania CT 11 25838 399282
Aci Castello CT 11 18723 418005
San Gregorio di Catania CT 11 11966 429971
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 12 12116 442087
Tremestieri Etneo CT 12 20589 462676
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 485736
Mascalucia CT 12 31958 517694
Valverde CT 13 7840 525534
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 533277
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 538300
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 15 3524 541824
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 16 17984 559808
Aci Catena CT 16 29851 589659
Viagrande CT 16 8563 598222
Trecastagni CT 17 10910 609132
Pedara CT 17 14102 623234
Belpasso CT 17 28108 651342
Acireale CT 17 52622 703964
Nicolosi CT 17 7463 711427

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
4 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
17 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
74 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
91 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
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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 2.1
ML 2.1
2007-01-19
15:56:40
37.469 15.094 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 610519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2007-01-19 15:56:40 ± 0.8
Latitude 37.4690 ± 0.0351
Longitude 15.0940 ± 0.0419
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 610519

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4842
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2526
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 43
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5375.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 287
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) 0.71
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18976
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41818
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 610519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:38:59

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 610519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:38:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.BHN. 2007-01-19T15:56:53.04 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 183 34.5432 0.397 34
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2007-01-19T15:56:50.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 226 46.4202 0.269 92
IV.AGST.SHN. 2007-01-19T15:56:49.84 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 153 26.2515 0.019 25
I1.HAGA.BHE. 2007-01-19T15:56:48.20 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 165 21.0678 0.153 37
IV.SSY.BHN. 2007-01-19T15:56:46.25 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 183 34.5432 -1.274 48
IV.AGST.SHN. 2007-01-19T15:56:46.27 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 153 26.2515 0.375 70
I1.HAGA.BHE. 2007-01-19T15:56:44.77 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 165 21.0678 -0.101 100
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