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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 06-08-2019 and time 13:16:59 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Ventimiglia di Sicilia (PA)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Ventimiglia di Sicilia (PA), on

  • 06-08-2019 13:16:59 (UTC)
  • 06-08-2019 15:16:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9360, 13.5840 at 8 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
Ventimiglia di Sicilia PA 2 1953 1953
Baucina PA 4 2008 3961
Ciminna PA 5 3780 7741
Caccamo PA 7 8196 15937
Villafrati PA 9 3368 19305
Trabia PA 9 10505 29810
Cefalà Diana PA 11 1041 30851
Termini Imerese PA 11 26263 57114
Bolognetta PA 12 4179 61293
Vicari PA 12 2901 64194
Altavilla Milicia PA 12 8210 72404
Mezzojuso PA 13 2920 75324
Godrano PA 14 1181 76505
Casteldaccia PA 14 11685 88190
Campofelice di Fitalia PA 15 511 88701
Marineo PA 15 6647 95348
Roccapalumba PA 15 2516 97864
Sciara PA 16 2822 100686
Misilmeri PA 16 29258 129944
Bagheria PA 17 55387 185331
Santa Flavia PA 17 11272 196603
Montemaggiore Belsito PA 18 3365 199968
Aliminusa PA 19 1236 201204
Villabate PA 20 20252 221456

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
28 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
93 Km E of Mazara del Vallo (51718 inhabitants)
94 Km E of Trapani (68759 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 1.5 2019-08-06
13:16:59		 37.936 13.5843 8 2019-11-13
14:31:01		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 72285831
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2019-08-06
13:16:59		 37.929 13.5812 9 2019-08-06
13:26:06		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 71219491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-08-06 13:16:59 ± 0.12
Latitude 37.9360 ± 0.0081
Longitude 13.5843 ± 0.0103
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 72285831

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 965
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 659
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 25
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 970.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.94249
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 72285831
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-09-10 14:15:11

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 71219491
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-08-06 13:26:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:48.08 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.16 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:18.26 1.0 undecidable manual P 139 104.6175 50 0.92 17
IV.ERC.EHN. 2019-08-06T13:17:16.33 1.0 undecidable manual P 278 87.9453 50 1.56 12
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:16.20 1.0 undecidable manual S 104 47.8188 50 0.87 19
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:15.15 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:14.90 0.6 undecidable manual P 83 88.7445 50 0 45
IV.CAVT.HHE. 2019-08-06T13:17:13.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 78.0663 50 0.26 65
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:13.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 81 39.1275 50 0.2 47
IV.MPG.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:11.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 322 31.8459 104 0.44 46
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:10.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 128 52.4031 50 1.24 31
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:09.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 144 25.4523 107 0.35 49
IV.CRJA.HHN. 2019-08-06T13:17:08.97 0.6 undecidable manual P 254 52.9026 50 -0.41 45
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:08.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 104 47.8188 50 -0.4 91
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:08.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 24.9528 107 -0.18 49
IV.PLLN.EHN. 2019-08-06T13:17:08.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 83 49.3173 50 0.02 73
IV.MCT.HHN. 2019-08-06T13:17:07.64 0.6 undecidable manual P 177 35.2425 103 1.01 36
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:06.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 41.4252 50 -0.72 83
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:06.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 345 17.871 114 0.43 72
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:06.88 0.1 undecidable manual P 81 39.1275 50 -0.37 93
IV.MPG.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:06.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 31.8459 104 0.05 75
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:04.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 144 25.4523 107 -0.03 100
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:04.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 259 24.9528 107 -0.55 90
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2019-08-06T13:17:03.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 345 17.871 114 -0.16 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOLUN.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00017333675999999998 0.2176 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:07.47
IV.SOLUN.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00023802425 0.32 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:08.60
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000264 0.2 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:10.18
IV.ALJA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00035257824999999996 0.4224 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:10.55
IV.CORL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00018204860000000002 0.3648 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:12.40
IV.ALJA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000558 0.42 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:12.46
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00013900000000000002 0.46 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:14.45
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00011885365 0.5248 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:16.44
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00003140731500000001 0.2624 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:16.78
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:0.0 0.0000283 0.4 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:18.29
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000059092015 0.5184 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:21.48
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000062492195 0.3008 AML other m 2019-08-06T13:17:23.21
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