Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 26-08-2007 and time 23:51:03 (UTC) in region 6 km SW Canicattini Bagni (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Canicattini Bagni (SR), on

  • 26-08-2007 23:51:03 (UTC)
  • 27-08-2007 01:51:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.0000, 15.0060 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Canicattini Bagni SR 6 7109 7109
Palazzolo Acreide SR 11 8808 15917
Cassaro SR 13 821 16738
Noto SR 13 23913 40651
Buscemi SR 14 1051 41702
Ferla SR 15 2523 44225
Solarino SR 15 8091 52316
Avola SR 15 31708 84024
Floridia SR 16 22762 106786
Sortino SR 18 8690 115476
Giarratana RG 20 3048 118524
Buccheri SR 20 1999 120523

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km E of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
27 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
57 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
70 Km S of Acireale (52622 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 2.1
ML 1.6
2007-08-26
23:51:03
37 15.006 9 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 649059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2007-08-26 23:51:03 ± 0.07
Latitude 37.0000 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0060 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 649059

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 309
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 277
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 0
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 144
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29228
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:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 649059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:20:07

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 649059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 12:20:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CDCA.SHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:39.02 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SBPO.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:51:37.65 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GALF.HHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:13.73 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.ECNV.BHZ. 2007-08-26T23:51:10.69 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.BHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:10.25 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 19 18.5703 0.004 75
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:51:10.80 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 257 20.2686 0.017 75
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2007-08-26T23:51:09.65 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 308 32.4453 -0.034 97
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:51:07.49 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 257 20.2686 -0.019 99
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:51:07.98 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 113 11.2776 -0.144 74
IV.GALF.HHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:07.11 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.BHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:07.21 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 19 18.5703 0.007 100
IV.RAFF.HHE. 2007-08-26T23:51:06.63 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:51:06.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 113 11.2776 0.156 98
IV.ECNV.BHZ. 2007-08-26T23:51:05.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2007-08-26T23:50:58.21 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2007-08-26T23:50:58.75 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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