Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 03-10-2009 and time 17:22:10 (UTC) in region 6 km S Canicattini Bagni (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 6 km S Canicattini Bagni (SR), on

  • 03-10-2009 17:22:10 (UTC)
  • 03-10-2009 19:22:10 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.9840, 15.0560 at 25 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
Canicattini Bagni SR 6 7109 7109
Noto SR 10 23913 31022
Avola SR 11 31708 62730
Floridia SR 14 22762 85492
Solarino SR 14 8091 93583
Palazzolo Acreide SR 16 8808 102391
Cassaro SR 17 821 103212
Ferla SR 18 2523 105735
Buscemi SR 19 1051 106786
Sortino SR 20 8690 115476

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
30 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
30 Km E of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
46 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
58 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
71 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
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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 2.0 2009-10-03
17:22:10
36.984 15.056 25 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 972419
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-10-03 17:22:10 ± 0.08
Latitude 36.9840 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.0560 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 25 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 972419

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 280
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 99
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 321
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 360.6
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 150
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30487
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 972419
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:35:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HCRL.HHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:22.71 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 356 33.3444 0.068 95
IV.AGST.EHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:22.65 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 26 33.8439 -0.121 70
IV.HMDC.HHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:20.66 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 264 24.3534 -0.034 97
IV.SSY.HHN. 2009-10-03T17:22:19.76 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 5 19.3695 0.023 98
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2009-10-03T17:22:17.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 114 6.3936 -0.038 100
IV.HCRL.HHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:17.37 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 356 33.3444 -0.023 96
IV.AGST.EHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:17.44 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 26 33.8439 -0.025 71
IV.HMDC.HHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:16.25 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 264 24.3534 -0.019 97
IV.SSY.HHN. 2009-10-03T17:22:15.80 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 5 19.3695 0.084 97
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2009-10-03T17:22:14.76 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 6.3936 0.038 99
IV.MESG.HHE. 2009-10-03T17:22:10.14 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PTRP.EHZ. 2009-10-03T17:22:08.69 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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