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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 06-10-2018 and time 00:59:51 (UTC) in region 3 km E Santa Maria di Licodia (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Santa Maria di Licodia (CT), on

  • 06-10-2018 00:59:51 (UTC)
  • 06-10-2018 02:59:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6070, 14.9140 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
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 3 7641 7641
Paternò CT 3 48228 55869
Ragalna CT 4 3924 59793
Biancavilla CT 6 24007 83800
Belpasso CT 6 28108 111908
Camporotondo Etneo CT 9 5023 116931
Adrano CT 9 36122 153053
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 160516
San Pietro Clarenza CT 11 7743 168259
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 12 12116 180375
Misterbianco CT 13 49410 229785
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 261743
Pedara CT 13 14102 275845
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 301683
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 322272
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 333182
Centuripe EN 15 5470 338652
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 348131
Viagrande CT 16 8563 356694
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 379754
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 383278
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 395244
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 413228
Valverde CT 19 7840 421068
Catania CT 19 314555 735623
Zafferana Etnea CT 20 9517 745140
Catenanuova EN 20 4866 750006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
22 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
85 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 		ML 2.5 2018-10-06
00:59:51		 37.6072 14.9135 6 2019-06-04
09:16:16		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 68408021
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 2.5 2018-10-06
00:59:51		 37.627 14.843 1 2019-05-10
08:07:12		 Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 61661451
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-10-06 00:59:51 ± 0.11
Latitude 37.6072 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.9135 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 68408021

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 953
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 573
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 277
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 950.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 95
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 25
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02878
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.93354
Number of stations at which the event was observed 21
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 21
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61661451
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-06 05:56:52

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68408021
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-10 08:04:59
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:25.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 214.6185 38 -0.97 41
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:11.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 50 112.2987 50 0.55 57
IV.CROCE.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:08.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 201 92.241 50 -0.04 66
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:08.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 174 100.3218 50 -0.81 52
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:07.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 4 85.5477 50 0.51 61
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:07.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 149 41.625 98 1.21 32
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:07.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 303 79.9644 50 0.97 50
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:06.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 78.7656 50 0.37 63
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:05.06 0.1 undecidable manual P 33 71.1732 50 0.07 91
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:04.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 229 64.6908 50 0.1 69
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:04.86 0.3 undecidable manual P 189 72.7716 50 -0.39 64
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:02.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 23 50.616 50 0.17 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:01.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 356 48.5181 50 -0.08 71
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:01.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 145 47.7189 50 -0.23 92
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:01.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 164 51.8037 50 -0.08 71
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:00.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 348 24.5532 104 -0.19 48
IV.CAGR.HHE. 2018-10-06T01:00:00.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 273 36.3414 99 0.99 54
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-10-06T01:00:00.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 149 41.625 98 -0.07 96
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2018-10-06T00:59:59.54 0.6 undecidable manual P 332 40.7259 99 -0.68 41
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2018-10-06T00:59:59.89 0.6 undecidable manual S 27 22.9548 105 -0.33 47
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2018-10-06T00:59:58.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 32.5452 101 -0.47 90
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2018-10-06T00:59:56.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 27 22.9548 105 0.16 98
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-10-06T00:59:56.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 348 24.5532 104 -0.21 96
IV.ESML.HHE. 2018-10-06T00:59:54.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 292 3.1968 152 0.41 48
IV.ESML.HHE. 2018-10-06T00:59:53.14 0.1 positive manual P 292 3.1968 152 -0.21 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.7 0.003185 0.42 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:06.27
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.8 0.00356 1.1 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:07.83
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:2.1 0.0005885 1.26 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:07.29
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0004055 0.48 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:08.45
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0015950000000000003 1.18 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:09.29
IV.AGST.EHN. ML:2.5 0.0009485 1.66 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:09.99
IV.AGST.EHE. ML:2.6 0.001002 1.72 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:10.96
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0020800000000000003 0.58 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:10.15
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:2.2 0.000682 0.58 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:10.46
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0024699999999999995 1.34 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:11.22
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.5 0.000867 0.72 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:11.37
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0006445000000000001 0.62 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:12.93
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:3.0 0.002505 0.76 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:13.99
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00034399999999999996 1.26 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:13.06
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000853 1.3 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:15.91
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0005480000000000001 0.36 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:16.59
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0003765 0.7 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:17.16
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0009525 1.48 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:19.22
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0003875 0.74 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:20.56
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.9 0.0019049999999999998 1.36 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:21.13
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0007444999999999999 0.76 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:22.16
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0007175 1.44 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:23.18
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0004435 0.5 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:24.17
IV.CROCE.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00028349999999999995 0.26 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:24.81
IV.CROCE.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00034050000000000004 1.78 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:24.97
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:2.6 0.000527 0.44 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:28.79
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.8 0.000815 0.5 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:30.56
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:2.6 0.000609 1.28 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:31.11
IV.HPAC.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000347 1.44 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:31.13
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.000223 0.46 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:31.62
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00014600000000000003 1.08 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:32.91
IV.HPAC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00042249999999999997 0.42 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:00:45.72
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0001234 0.62 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:01:03.45
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00010675 0.9 AML other m 2018-10-06T01:01:03.59
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