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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 27-04-2019 and time 02:13:17 (Italy) in region 2 km S Linguaglossa (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Linguaglossa (CT), on

  • 27-04-2019 00:13:17 (UTC)
  • 27-04-2019 02:13:17 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8240, 15.1390 at 0 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
Linguaglossa CT 2 5403 5403
Piedimonte Etneo CT 4 3963 9366
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 7 3215 12581
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 7 9623 22204
Calatabiano CT 8 5308 27512
Gaggi ME 8 3184 30696
Motta Camastra ME 9 845 31541
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 35486
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 37068
Mascali CT 9 14282 51350
Graniti ME 11 1492 52842
Giarre CT 11 27659 80501
Milo CT 11 1087 81588
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 82305
Riposto CT 12 14838 97143
Giardini-Naxos ME 12 9415 106558
Castelmola ME 13 1088 107646
Malvagna ME 13 733 108379
Taormina ME 13 10960 119339
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 128856
Mongiuffi Melia ME 15 600 129456
Santa Venerina CT 15 8592 138048
Letojanni ME 16 2861 140909
Gallodoro ME 16 367 141276
Roccafiorita ME 17 197 141473
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 142139
Limina ME 18 836 142975
Randazzo CT 18 10900 153875
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 154894
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 155874
Antillo ME 19 919 156793

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
36 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
55 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.3 2019-04-27
00:13:17		 37.8243 15.1388 0 2019-08-22
08:25:12		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 71112101
Reviewed
Rev200 		ML 2.4 2019-04-27
00:13:16		 37.81 15.142 3 2019-08-02
13:36:09		 Gruppo Analisi Dati Sismici, Osservatorio Etneo 67999931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-04-27 00:13:17 ± 0.23
Latitude 37.8243 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.1388 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 0 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 71112101

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1380
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 870
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 111
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1380.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.45
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05936
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46585
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71112101
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-02 13:35:46

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67999931
Agency INGV
Autore Gruppo Analisi Dati Sismici, Osservatorio Etneo
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-27 00:29:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:29.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 316 33.5442 90 0.84 39
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:28.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 51.7038 90 0.63 62
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:25.35 0.6 undecidable manual P 287 40.626 90 0.09 48
IV.ESML.HHE. 2019-04-27T00:13:24.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 32.2455 90 0.48 68
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:24.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 225 20.4684 91 0.48 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:23.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 316 33.5442 90 -0.2 72
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:22.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 269 16.5723 91 0.07 51
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:21.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 166 17.4714 91 0.44 70
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:21.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 24.6531 91 -0.23 97
IV.NOV.HNZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:21.73 0.1 undecidable manual P 360 22.5552 91 0.09 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:20.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 27 18.2706 91 0.04 76
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:20.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 269 16.5723 91 -0.25 98
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:20.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 346 6.5934 92 0.93 39
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:20.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 20.4684 91 -0.64 65
IV.EMCN.HNZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:18.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 9.9789 91 -0.71 65
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-04-27T00:13:17.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 346 6.5934 92 -0.78 84
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00424 0.68 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:28.43
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006295 1.56 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:29.78
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.7 0.00577 1.5 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:29.91
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0006699999999999999 1.04 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:29.79
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0004355 0.64 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:31.20
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0005989999999999999 1.5 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:32.15
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0018599999999999999 0.98 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:33.95
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00237 0.86 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:34.69
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0004425 1.34 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:43.06
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0006565 1.34 AML other m 2019-04-27T00:13:49.31
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