Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 21-11-1988 and time 02:56:32 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Paternò (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Paternò (CT), on

  • 21-11-1988 01:56:32 (UTC)
  • 21-11-1988 02:56:32 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5510, 14.8690 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
Paternò CT 4 48228 48228
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 8 7641 55869
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 10 12116 67985
Biancavilla CT 10 24007 91992
Belpasso CT 11 28108 120100
Ragalna CT 11 3924 124024
Camporotondo Etneo CT 12 5023 129047
Misterbianco CT 13 49410 178457
Adrano CT 13 36122 214579
Centuripe EN 14 5470 220049
San Pietro Clarenza CT 14 7743 227792
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 235255
Catenanuova EN 16 4866 240121
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 272079
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 297917
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 318506
Pedara CT 19 14102 332608
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 19 9479 342087

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
27 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 2.4
ML-VAX 1.7
1988-11-21
01:56:32
37.551 14.869 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 81599
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1988-11-21 01:56:32 ± 0.196
Latitude 37.5510 ± 0.0086
Longitude 14.8690 ± 0.0192
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 81599

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1946.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 167
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
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) 0.00364
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00963
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 81599
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 18:16:45

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 81599
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.SOI.Z. 1988-11-21T01:57:09.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 60 1.0656 0.09 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1988-11-21T01:57:00.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 37 0.7659 0.29 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:52.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 60 1.0656 -1.04 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:51.69 10.0 undecidable manual SG 172 0.4995 0.6 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:48.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 37 0.7659 0.42 1.3
--.MNO.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:48.33 10.0 undecidable manual SG 340 0.3996 0.38 0.7
--.PZI.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:43.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 172 0.4995 -0.1 2.2
--.MNO.Z. 1988-11-21T01:56:41.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 340 0.3996 -0.28 1.9
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