Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 25-05-2019 and time 04:53:45 (UTC) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 25-05-2019 04:53:45 (UTC)
  • 25-05-2019 06:53:45 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.4840, 15.1560 at 10 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
Catania CT 6 314555 314555
Aci Castello CT 8 18723 333278
San Gregorio di Catania CT 10 11966 345244
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 11 9479 354723
Valverde CT 11 7840 362563
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 385623
Gravina di Catania CT 12 25838 411461
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 432050
Aci Catena CT 13 29851 461901
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 465425
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 497383
Misterbianco CT 14 49410 546793
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 14 17984 564777
Acireale CT 14 52622 617399
Viagrande CT 15 8563 625962
San Pietro Clarenza CT 15 7743 633705
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 638728
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 649638
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 17 12116 661754
Pedara CT 17 14102 675856
Nicolosi CT 19 7463 683319
Belpasso CT 20 28108 711427

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km E of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
14 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
73 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
78 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
82 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 1.5 2019-05-25
04:53:45
37.4842 15.1558 10 2019-11-13
14:31:07
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 73320461
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2019-05-25
04:53:45
37.4853 15.1642 10 2019-05-25
05:14:30
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 68863161
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-05-25 04:53:45 ± 0.09
Latitude 37.4842 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1558 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 73320461

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 828
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 237
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 96
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 830.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 127
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.18976
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67359
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68863161
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-25 05:14:30

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 73320461
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-10-18 10:05:27
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:54:06.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 210 66.8775 50 0.43 52
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:54:02.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 7 54.4011 50 0.47 53
IV.SSY.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:53:58.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 191 36.9297 50 0.46 45
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:57.87 0.3 undecidable manual P 39 74.7696 50 -0.33 75
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:56.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 66.8775 50 -0.27 76
IV.GALF.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:53:55.41 0.6 undecidable manual P 296 57.5979 50 -0.14 52
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:55.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 60.2952 50 -0.16 79
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:55.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 239 29.1486 50 0.3 40
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:54.11 0.3 undecidable manual S 180 22.0668 114 0.58 37
IV.AIO.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:53:54.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 7 54.4011 50 -0.37 51
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:54.88 0.3 undecidable manual S 166 26.0517 50 0.12 52
IV.EPZF.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:53:54.28 0.6 undecidable manual P 325 45.9207 50 0.53 48
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:53.56 1.0 undecidable manual S 8 21.0678 115 0.36 15
IV.SSY.HHE. 2019-05-25T04:53:52.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 191 36.9297 50 -0.04 76
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:51.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 326 28.1496 50 -0.01 92
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:50.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 166 26.0517 50 -0.18 90
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:50.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 239 29.1486 50 -0.19 100
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:50.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 180 22.0668 114 0.19 56
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-05-25T04:53:49.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 8 21.0678 115 0.21 56
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00019800584999999998 0.0608 AML other m 2019-05-25T04:53:54.67
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00017291955 0.08 AML other m 2019-05-25T04:53:54.64
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00006527809 0.2816 AML other m 2019-05-25T04:53:57.76
IV.HMDC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00007404537499999999 0.0992 AML other m 2019-05-25T04:54:06.92
IV.HMDC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00008290908 0.2176 AML other m 2019-05-25T04:54:07.62
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