Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 09-07-2018 and time 01:54:27 (Italy) in region Costa Siracusana (Siracusa)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siracusana (Siracusa), on

  • 08-07-2018 23:54:27 (UTC)
  • 09-07-2018 01:54:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.8030, 15.2500 at 29 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
Avola SR 16 31708 31708
Portopalo di Capo Passero SR 17 3887 35595
Pachino SR 17 22205 57800
Noto SR 19 23913 81713

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km S of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
44 Km E of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
48 Km E of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
79 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
90 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Gela (75827 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
ML 1.9 2018-07-08
23:54:27
36.8032 15.2502 29 2019-04-24
14:51:14
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66939211
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.9 2018-07-08
23:54:27
36.8072 15.2338 28 2018-07-09
00:01:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 58612081
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-07-08 23:54:27 ± 0.29
Latitude 36.8032 ± 0.0099
Longitude 15.2502 ± 0.0135
Depth (km) 29 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66939211

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1221
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 860
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 292
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 243
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19515
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.82288
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66939211
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-26 15:46:15

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 58612081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-07-09 00:01:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:45.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 351 54.1014 113 0.05 48
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:44.44 0.3 undecidable manual S 358 50.3163 115 0.17 70
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:43.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 301 91.3419 103 0.36 83
IV.HMDC.HHE. 2018-07-08T23:54:42.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 44.9217 118 -0.32 45
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:38.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 241 21.6672 140 0.07 73
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:37.50 0.1 positive manual P 351 54.1014 113 -0.13 92
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:37.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 358 50.3163 115 -0.07 94
IV.HMDC.HHE. 2018-07-08T23:54:36.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 293 44.9217 118 -0.17 93
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2018-07-08T23:54:33.51 0.1 negative manual P 241 21.6672 140 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HPAC.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0009595538 0.128 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:38.33
IV.HPAC.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0007826435 0.1792 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:38.33
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:2.0 0.0002395683 0.1664 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:44.59
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:2.1 0.00027583705000000004 0.3072 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:44.65
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00013847145 0.256 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:45.53
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00010340011500000001 0.1664 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:54:46.10
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00005562784 1.3824 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:55:16.72
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00004318122000000001 0.0032 AML other m 2018-07-08T23:55:22.76
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