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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 04-04-2010 and time 15:00:42 (UTC) in region 2 km N Piedimonte Etneo (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Piedimonte Etneo (CT), on

  • 04-04-2010 15:00:42 (UTC)
  • 04-04-2010 17:00:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8250, 15.1760 at 20 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
Piedimonte Etneo CT 2 3963 3963
Linguaglossa CT 3 5403 9366
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 5 9623 18989
Calatabiano CT 5 5308 24297
Gaggi ME 6 3184 27481
Mascali CT 8 14282 41763
Motta Camastra ME 8 845 42608
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 8 3215 45823
Graniti ME 9 1492 47315
Giardini-Naxos ME 9 9415 56730
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 58312
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 62257
Castelmola ME 10 1088 63345
Taormina ME 10 10960 74305
Giarre CT 11 27659 101964
Riposto CT 11 14838 116802
Milo CT 12 1087 117889
Mongiuffi Melia ME 13 600 118489
Letojanni ME 13 2861 121350
Gallodoro ME 14 367 121717
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 122434
Roccafiorita ME 14 197 122631
Malvagna ME 15 733 123364
Limina ME 16 836 124200
Santa Venerina CT 16 8592 132792
Zafferana Etnea CT 16 9517 142309
Forza d'Agrò ME 17 911 143220
Antillo ME 18 919 144139
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 145158
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 18 1554 146712
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 147378
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 20 842 148220

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
37 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
52 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 		Md 2.1
ML 2.0 		2010-04-04
15:00:42		 37.825 15.176 20 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1026699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-04-04 15:00:42 ± 0.37
Latitude 37.8250 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1760 ± 0.0216
Depth (km) 20 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1026699

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1565
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1236
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 77
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2147.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 158
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 28
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.64
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.91911
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1026699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:43:20

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1026699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:43:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
.PALA.HHE. 2010-04-04T15:02:27.26 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
.SABO.HHE. 2010-04-04T15:02:12.86 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
.PALA.HHE. 2010-04-04T15:02:03.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.POLC.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:02:02.97 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.SABO.HHE. 2010-04-04T15:01:54.87 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.MTGR.SHZ. 2010-04-04T15:01:41.63 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.SACR.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:01:31.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HMDC.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:01:13.16 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 200 102.0201 0.522 78
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2010-04-04T15:01:13.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:01:06.00 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 187 74.5698 0.661 59
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:01:02.18 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 192 61.3941 0.305 44
IV.HMDC.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:59.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 200 102.0201 -0.464 76
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:57.29 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 286 43.7229 0.015 95
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:55.49 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 187 74.5698 -0.332 62
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:54.05 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 344 63.492 -0.095 68
IV.GALF.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:53.43 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 257 54.9006 0.591 41
IV.ZCCA.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:53.24 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ECNV.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:53.18 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 238 47.9187 1.386 29
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:53.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 192 61.3941 -0.512 81
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:51.60 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 286 43.7229 0.438 88
IV.ESLN.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:51.63 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 231 22.8549 -0.543 65
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:50.43 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 29 14.0748 0.038 100
IV.ESLN.HHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:47.65 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 231 22.8549 -0.569 86
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2010-04-04T15:00:47.00 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 29 14.0748 -0.19 97
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:37.70 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.CRAC.EHN. 2010-04-04T15:00:29.89 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.MEU.SHE. 2010-04-04T14:58:33.41 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
.MEU.SHE. 2010-04-04T14:58:22.57 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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