Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 18-03-2010 and time 18:17:59 (UTC) in region 4 km NE Santa Croce Camerina (RG)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km NE Santa Croce Camerina (RG), on

  • 18-03-2010 18:17:59 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2010 19:17:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 36.8600, 14.5510 at 21 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
Santa Croce Camerina RG 4 10823 10823
Vittoria RG 10 63339 74162
Comiso RG 11 30156 104318
Scicli RG 16 27077 131395
Ragusa RG 18 73313 204708
Modica RG 19 54633 259341
Acate RG 19 10954 270295

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
10 Km S of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
18 Km W of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
19 Km W of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
35 Km SE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
70 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km SE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
99 Km SE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
100 Km SW 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 2.3
2010-03-18
18:17:59
36.86 14.551 21 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1020699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-03-18 18:17:59 ± 0.37
Latitude 36.8600 ± 0.0162
Longitude 14.5510 ± 0.0180
Depth (km) 21 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1020699

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1578
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1433
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 45
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2408.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 283
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.85076
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1020699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:35:49

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1020699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:35:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2010-03-18T18:18:19.29 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 42 63.3921 -0.299 89
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2010-03-18T18:18:18.07 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 54 56.8986 0.189 92
IV.HAVL.HHE. 2010-03-18T18:18:16.66 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 78 51.8037 0.084 70
IV.GALF.HHN. 2010-03-18T18:18:16.54 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 1 94.4388 0.529 62
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2010-03-18T18:18:10.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 54 56.8986 -0.101 96
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2010-03-18T18:18:10.94 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 42 63.3921 -0.352 89
IV.HMDC.HHN. 2010-03-18T18:18:09.42 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 62 23.3544 -0.122 71
IV.HAVL.HHE. 2010-03-18T18:18:09.35 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 78 51.8037 -0.197 96
IV.HMDC.HHN. 2010-03-18T18:18:05.48 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 62 23.3544 -0.014 100
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2010-03-18T18:17:49.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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