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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 08-01-2009 and time 15:47:29 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Trecastagni (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Trecastagni (CT), on

  • 08-01-2009 15:47:29 (UTC)
  • 08-01-2009 16:47:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6450, 15.0930 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.

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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
Trecastagni CT 3 10910 10910
Viagrande CT 4 8563 19473
Pedara CT 4 14102 33575
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 5 17984 51559
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 5 3524 55083
Zafferana Etnea CT 6 9517 64600
Santa Venerina CT 6 8592 73192
Aci Catena CT 6 29851 103043
Nicolosi CT 7 7463 110506
Acireale CT 7 52622 163128
San Giovanni la Punta CT 7 23060 186188
Valverde CT 8 7840 194028
Tremestieri Etneo CT 8 20589 214617
Mascalucia CT 9 31958 246575
San Gregorio di Catania CT 9 11966 258541
Milo CT 9 1087 259628
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 10 9479 269107
Gravina di Catania CT 10 25838 294945
San Pietro Clarenza CT 10 7743 302688
Aci Castello CT 11 18723 321411
Camporotondo Etneo CT 11 5023 326434
Belpasso CT 12 28108 354542
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 356124
Giarre CT 13 27659 383783
Ragalna CT 14 3924 387707
Riposto CT 14 14838 402545
Mascali CT 16 14282 416827
Misterbianco CT 16 49410 466237
Catania CT 16 314555 780792
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 18 12116 792908
Paternò CT 18 48228 841136
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 18 7641 848777
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 20 9623 858400
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 882407
Piedimonte Etneo CT 20 3963 886370

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
7 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
16 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
71 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 2.0 2009-01-08
15:47:29		 37.645 15.093 6 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 738849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-01-08 15:47:29 ± 0.22
Latitude 37.6450 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0930 ± 0.0204
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 738849

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1782
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 869
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 261
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2059.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 141
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 37
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.56
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.68528
Number of stations at which the event was observed 26
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 738849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:58:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:56.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2009-01-08T15:48:49.43 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:44.24 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:42.75 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHN. 2009-01-08T15:48:42.63 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHN. 2009-01-08T15:48:42.09 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.BHE. 2009-01-08T15:48:41.34 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.USI.SHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:40.06 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HMDC.BHE. 2009-01-08T15:48:35.24 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RAFF.HHN. 2009-01-08T15:48:34.91 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:32.29 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:29.02 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:29.05 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:28.70 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:28.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHN. 2009-01-08T15:48:27.39 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
I1.MSCL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:27.28 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:24.90 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.TIR.HHE. 2009-01-08T15:48:23.75 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HVZN.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:23.04 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:23.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-01-08T15:48:17.94 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ECNV.BHE. 2009-01-08T15:48:16.42 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:53.29 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 178 76.0683 0.112 68
IV.SSY.BHN. 2009-01-08T15:47:47.57 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 182 54.1014 0.264 92
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:45.46 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 165 44.7219 0.663 84
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:44.05 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 172 40.3263 0.721 82
IV.HCRL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:43.35 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 188 40.5261 -0.043 99
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:42.18 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 178 76.0683 -0.868 72
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:39.08 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 279 46.8198 0.541 44
IV.SSY.BHN. 2009-01-08T15:47:39.14 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 182 54.1014 -0.518 87
I1.HAGA.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:37.30 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 172 40.3263 -0.062 74
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:37.87 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 165 44.7219 -0.339 92
IV.HCRL.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:36.71 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 188 40.5261 -0.689 83
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2009-01-08T15:47:36.62 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 24 35.1426 0.275 95
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2009-01-08T15:47:34.05 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 297 11.6772 0.327 98
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2009-01-08T15:47:31.59 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 297 11.6772 -0.227 100
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