Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 28-05-2019 and time 05:07:06 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 28-05-2019 03:07:06 (UTC)
  • 28-05-2019 05:07:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.4500, 15.2020 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 12 314555 314555
Aci Castello CT 13 18723 333278
San Gregorio di Catania CT 15 11966 345244
Valverde CT 16 7840 353084
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 16 9479 362563
San Giovanni la Punta CT 17 23060 385623
Gravina di Catania CT 17 25838 411461
Aci Catena CT 18 29851 441312
Tremestieri Etneo CT 18 20589 461901
Acireale CT 18 52622 514523
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 18 3524 518047
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 536031
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 585441
Mascalucia CT 19 31958 617399

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km SE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
18 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
44 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
72 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
81 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Gela (75827 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
ML 1.4 2019-05-28
03:07:06
37.4502 15.2018 10 2019-11-13
14:30:52
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 69795201
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.4 2019-05-28
03:07:05
37.4932 15.2197 11 2019-05-28
03:39:11
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 68962371
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-05-28 03:07:06 ± 0.2
Latitude 37.4502 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.2018 ± 0.0227
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 69795201

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1980
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 560
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 100
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1980.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 177
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.46225
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 69795201
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-06-22 13:36:29

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68962371
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-28 03:39:11
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:22.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 352 48.4182 50 -0.02 50
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:19.49 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:18.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 199 34.3434 50 0.04 51
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:17.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 51.3153 50 0.96 56
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2019-05-28T03:07:17.48 0.6 undecidable manual P 332 46.7199 50 1.96 20
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:17.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 249 31.1466 50 -0.41 48
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:16.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 25.1526 111 0.24 77
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:15.14 0.6 undecidable manual S 357 24.6531 111 -0.75 41
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:15.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 174 21.5673 114 0.28 50
IV.ECTS.EHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:15.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 352 48.4182 50 -0.11 50
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:14.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 193 18.7701 117 0.56 48
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:13.20 0.6 positive manual P 199 34.3434 50 -0.41 48
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:12.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 249 31.1466 50 -0.62 91
IV.ENIC.HNZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:12.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 322 25.5522 111 0.72 44
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:11.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 18.7701 117 0.08 79
IT.LNT.HGZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:11.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 25.1526 111 -0.22 75
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:11.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 357 24.6531 111 -0.12 77
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2019-05-28T03:07:11.16 0.1 undecidable manual P 174 21.5673 114 -0.3 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0002154762 0.0992 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:15.02
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000204 0.08 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:15.03
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00005297535 0.0992 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:18.59
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000063146285 0.0992 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:18.55
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002703349 1.88 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:20.95
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0003852889 0.16 AML other m 2019-05-28T03:07:21.44
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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