Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 23-07-2007 and time 19:49:58 (Italy) in region 6 km SW Castellana Sicula (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Castellana Sicula (PA), on

  • 23-07-2007 17:49:58 (UTC)
  • 23-07-2007 19:49:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7430, 14.0030 at 6 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
Castellana Sicula PA 6 3411 3411
Blufi PA 7 1029 4440
Resuttano CL 7 2038 6478
Polizzi Generosa PA 8 3407 9885
Bompietro PA 9 1401 11286
Petralia Sottana PA 11 2821 14107
Petralia Soprana PA 11 3360 17467
Alimena PA 11 2032 19499
Caltavuturo PA 13 4017 23516
Scillato PA 15 613 24129
Valledolmo PA 15 3594 27723
Sclafani Bagni PA 16 426 28149
Vallelunga Pratameno CL 17 3461 31610
Santa Caterina Villarmosa CL 17 5388 36998
Villalba CL 17 1633 38631
Marianopoli CL 18 1906 40537
Geraci Siculo PA 19 1945 42482
Gangi PA 19 6811 49293

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
57 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
61 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
70 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
99 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 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 2.3
ML 1.8
2007-07-23
17:49:58
37.743 14.003 6 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 643059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2007-07-23 17:49:58 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.7430 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.0030 ± 0.0136
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 643059

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1201
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 674
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 264
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1389.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 270
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19965
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.83727
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 643059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:13:39

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 643059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:13:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:14.56 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 19 92.9403 -0.008 66
IV.MNO.XHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:09.86 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 71 64.1913 -0.277 22
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:07.99 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 94 49.617 0.096 70
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:07.92 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 4 27.5502 0.043 98
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:06.04 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 13 22.1556 -0.012 100
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:03.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 4 27.5502 0.005 99
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2007-07-23T17:50:02.66 0.1 positive manual Pg 13 22.1556 -0.041 99
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