Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 25-01-2009 and time 00:23:35 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 24-01-2009 23:23:35 (UTC)
  • 25-01-2009 00:23:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7420, 15.2690 at 0 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
Riposto CT 6 14838 14838
Mascali CT 7 14282 29120
Giarre CT 8 27659 56779
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 8 9623 66402
Calatabiano CT 10 5308 71710
Sant'Alfio CT 11 1582 73292
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 77255
Giardini-Naxos ME 11 9415 86670
Taormina ME 12 10960 97630
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 106222
Castelmola ME 13 1088 107310
Milo CT 14 1087 108397
Gaggi ME 14 3184 111581
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 121098
Linguaglossa CT 16 5403 126501
Letojanni ME 16 2861 129362
Acireale CT 17 52622 181984
Graniti ME 17 1492 183476
Gallodoro ME 18 367 183843
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 184443
Aci Catena CT 19 29851 214294
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 215139
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 20 17984 233123

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
31 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 2.6
ML 2.4
2009-01-24
23:23:35
37.742 15.269 1 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 740859
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-01-24 23:23:35 ± 1.22
Latitude 37.7420 ± 0.0405
Longitude 15.2690 ± 0.0682
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 740859

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7316
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1842
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 306
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 7500.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 262
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.76
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.55668
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 740859
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:00:43

Md:2.6

Field Value
Value 2.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 740859
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:00:43
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-01-24T23:24:07.84 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-01-24T23:23:56.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GALF.HHN. 2009-01-24T23:23:48.10 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 267 61.7937 0.762 79
IV.ESLN.BHZ. 2009-01-24T23:23:43.96 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 258 26.4513 -0.265 65
IV.MMME.BHE. 2009-01-24T23:23:42.90 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 356 21.4674 0.412 64
IV.ESLN.BHZ. 2009-01-24T23:23:40.19 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 258 26.4513 -0.159 100
IV.MMME.BHE. 2009-01-24T23:23:38.77 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 356 21.4674 -0.569 91
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