Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 17-05-2013 and time 20:24:07 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 17-05-2013 18:24:07 (UTC)
  • 17-05-2013 20:24:07 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0970, 13.9380 at 10 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
Cefalù PA 10 14393 14393
Lascari PA 11 3588 17981
Campofelice di Roccella PA 12 7537 25518
Gratteri PA 15 963 26481
Isnello PA 18 1589 28070
Collesano PA 19 4054 32124

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
50 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 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 1.5 2013-05-17
18:24:07
38.0968 13.9382 10 2015-01-20
11:26:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 3657311
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2013-05-17
18:24:07
38.1197 13.9802 2 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 3541061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-05-17 18:24:07 ± 0.21
Latitude 38.0968 ± 0.0180
Longitude 13.9382 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 3657311

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2060
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1130
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 13
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2060.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12680
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.73834
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 3541061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-05-17 18:35:12

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 3657311
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:24:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:32.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 94 81.9513 50 0.28 51
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:21.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 94 81.9513 50 -0.29 76
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:19.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 152 33.0447 50 0.51 53
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:19.02 0.6 undecidable manual P 37 60.495 50 0.36 52
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:19.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 269 35.4423 50 -0.25 83
IV.MPG.SHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:17.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 278 51.0156 50 0.52 76
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:16.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 203 41.8248 50 0.74 71
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:14.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 269 35.4423 50 -0.38 81
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:14.38 0.6 undecidable manual P 152 33.0447 50 -0.06 58
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2013-05-17T18:24:10.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 147 14.0748 125 -0.73 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ALJA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00011515000000000001 1.52 AML other m 2013-05-17T18:24:22.83
IV.ALJA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00011249999999999998 0.74 AML other m 2013-05-17T18:24:25.47
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000133 0.76 AML other m 2013-05-17T18:24:23.45
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.5 0.000135 0.62 AML other m 2013-05-17T18:24:22.09
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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