Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 26-03-2019 and time 03:34:24 (Italy) in region 5 km E Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 26-03-2019 02:34:24 (UTC)
  • 26-03-2019 03:34:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6790, 15.1940 at 11 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 Venerina CT 5 8592 8592
Giarre CT 6 27659 36251
Riposto CT 6 14838 51089
Acireale CT 8 52622 103711
Zafferana Etnea CT 8 9517 113228
Milo CT 8 1087 114315
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 115897
Mascali CT 9 14282 130179
Aci Catena CT 10 29851 160030
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 10 17984 178014
Viagrande CT 11 8563 186577
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 12 3524 190101
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 201011
Valverde CT 13 7840 208851
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 218474
Pedara CT 14 14102 232576
Aci Castello CT 14 18723 251299
San Giovanni la Punta CT 14 23060 274359
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 278322
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 290288
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 310877
Nicolosi CT 16 7463 318340
Calatabiano CT 16 5308 323648
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 17 9479 333127
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 365085
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 390923
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 396326
San Pietro Clarenza CT 19 7743 404069
Giardini-Naxos ME 20 9415 413484

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
8 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
22 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
62 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 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
ML 1.4 2019-03-26
02:34:24
37.6792 15.1935 11 2019-08-22
08:25:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71219461
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2019-03-26
02:34:22
37.5657 15.3037 10 2019-03-26
02:46:52
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 66924371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-03-26 02:34:24 ± 0.51
Latitude 37.6792 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.1935 ± 0.0193
Depth (km) 11 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71219461

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2019
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1186
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 141
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 202
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.36
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00809
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30307
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71219461
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-06 13:21:36

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66924371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-03-26 02:46:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:32.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 299 33.6441 50 0.65 72
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:32.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 275 19.2696 119 -0.06 49
IV.ESML.HHE. 2019-03-26T02:34:31.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 28.4493 50 0.37 75
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-03-26T02:34:31.95 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 32.5452 50 0.6 73
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:30.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 306 26.5512 50 0.27 74
IV.ECTS.EHE. 2019-03-26T02:34:29.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 344 23.3544 50 -0.15 74
IV.EMCN.HNE. 2019-03-26T02:34:29.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 18.7701 120 -0.05 77
IV.ENIC.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:28.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 251 15.9729 124 0.13 77
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:28.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 208 0.8991 175 0.27 46
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:28.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 275 19.2696 119 -0.32 96
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-03-26T02:34:26.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 208 0.8991 175 -0.27 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0036063744999999996 0.2992 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:29.14
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0037282755 0.2992 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:29.02
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00012652075 1.5792 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:31.19
IV.ENIC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00009824741000000001 0.1808 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:37.47
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001977105 1.16 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:39.59
IV.ENIC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.0001231516 0.24 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:39.81
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000125343695 1.5408 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:41.20
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001562188 0.4592 AML other m 2019-03-26T02:34:48.62
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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