Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 07-04-2011 and time 11:43:00 (UTC) in region Costa Siracusana (Siracusa)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siracusana (Siracusa), on

  • 07-04-2011 11:43:00 (UTC)
  • 07-04-2011 13:43:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1400, 15.2260 at 5 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
Priolo Gargallo SR 4 12091 12091
Floridia SR 9 22762 34853
Melilli SR 10 13621 48474
Augusta SR 10 36305 84779
Solarino SR 10 8091 92870
Siracusa SR 11 122291 215161
Sortino SR 17 8690 223851
Canicattini Bagni SR 19 7109 230960

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
42 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
50 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
53 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
65 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 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
Md 1.8
ML 1.5
2011-04-07
11:43:00
37.14 15.226 5 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1193019
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-04-07 11:43:00 ± 0.47
Latitude 37.1400 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.2260 ± 0.0316
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1193019

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2842
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1158
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 265
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3046.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 226
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.64
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21044
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1193019
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:19:12

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1193019
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:19:12
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2011-04-07T11:43:29.06 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.SSFR.HHZ. 2011-04-07T11:43:21.35 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2011-04-07T11:43:10.31 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2011-04-07T11:43:09.61 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 313 23.3544 0.545 45
IV.HAVL.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:09.20 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 205 21.9669 0.595 44
IV.HAGA.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:07.88 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 339 17.2716 0.851 40
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2011-04-07T11:43:05.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 313 23.3544 -0.415 93
IV.SSY.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:05.94 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 279 13.5753 0.135 50
IV.HAVL.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:05.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 205 21.9669 0.081 100
IV.HAGA.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:04.37 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 339 17.2716 -0.017 77
IV.SSY.HHE. 2011-04-07T11:43:02.99 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 279 13.5753 -0.695 86
IV.USI.HHZ. 2011-04-07T11:42:58.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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