Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 29-09-2009 and time 00:33:16 (UTC) in region 2 km W Geraci Siculo (PA)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Geraci Siculo (PA), on

  • 29-09-2009 00:33:16 (UTC)
  • 29-09-2009 02:33:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8570, 14.1270 at 5 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
Geraci Siculo PA 3 1945 1945
Petralia Sottana PA 6 2821 4766
Petralia Soprana PA 7 3360 8126
San Mauro Castelverde PA 9 1701 9827
Castelbuono PA 9 8943 18770
Gangi PA 9 6811 25581
Castellana Sicula PA 11 3411 28992
Polizzi Generosa PA 12 3407 32399
Bompietro PA 12 1401 33800
Blufi PA 12 1029 34829
Isnello PA 14 1589 36418
Pollina PA 16 2974 39392
Castel di Lucio ME 17 1294 40686
Tusa ME 17 2925 43611
Collesano PA 18 4054 47665
Alimena PA 18 2032 49697
Gratteri PA 18 963 50660
Pettineo ME 19 1350 52010
Scillato PA 19 613 52623

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
73 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
95 Km W of Acireale (52622 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
Md 2.2
ML 2.0
2009-09-29
00:33:16
37.857 14.127 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 970289
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-09-29 00:33:16 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8570 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.1270 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 970289

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 934
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 896
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 293
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1421.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 82
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.47
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.88763
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 970289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:32:47

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 970289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:32:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:37.47 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FSSB.HHE. 2009-09-29T00:33:37.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:34.77 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 80 50.4162 0.501 42
IV.CRJA.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:34.83 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 267 98.5236 0.457 58
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:34.08 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 47 97.0251 -0.055 42
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:33.69 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 52 94.1391 -0.013 86
IV.CDCA.EHE. 2009-09-29T00:33:31.46 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:31.13 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 15 77.5668 -0.019 66
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:26.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 80 50.4162 -0.531 83
IV.GALF.HHN. 2009-09-29T00:33:25.64 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 113 41.8248 0.224 68
IV.GIB.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:23.86 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 329 17.1717 0.675 42
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:23.26 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 5 15.1737 0.765 60
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:23.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 250 34.8429 -0.129 94
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:22.27 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 195 24.0537 0.367 68
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:21.09 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 326 10.7781 0.004 100
IV.GIB.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:20.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 329 17.1717 -0.252 94
IV.FAVR.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:20.23 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:19.71 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 5 15.1737 -0.454 90
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2009-09-29T00:33:18.95 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 326 10.7781 -0.4 92
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