Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 21-04-2011 and time 08:00:02 (UTC) in region 6 km W Resuttano (CL)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Resuttano (CL), on

  • 21-04-2011 08:00:02 (UTC)
  • 21-04-2011 10:00:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6720, 13.9660 at 48 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
Resuttano CL 6 2038 2038
Marianopoli CL 9 1906 3944
Santa Caterina Villarmosa CL 11 5388 9332
Villalba CL 11 1633 10965
Vallelunga Pratameno CL 12 3461 14426
Alimena PA 13 2032 16458
Blufi PA 13 1029 17487
Castellana Sicula PA 14 3411 20898
Bompietro PA 15 1401 22299
Valledolmo PA 15 3594 25893
Polizzi Generosa PA 16 3407 29300
Caltavuturo PA 18 4017 33317
Petralia Sottana PA 19 2821 36138
Petralia Soprana PA 19 3360 39498
Sclafani Bagni PA 19 426 39924

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km NW of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
60 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
72 Km SE of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
95 Km NW of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
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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 2.1
ML 1.8
2011-04-21
08:00:02
37.672 13.966 48 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1199489
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-04-21 08:00:02 ± 0.48
Latitude 37.6720 ± 0.0288
Longitude 13.9660 ± 0.0307
Depth (km) 48 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1199489

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3121
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2281
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 5
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4186.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.01803
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1199489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:27:56

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1199489
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:27:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:42.09 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PRMA.HHN. 2011-04-21T08:00:38.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HLNI.HHE. 2011-04-21T08:00:28.67 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 114 87.3459 -0.103 53
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:23.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.HHN. 2011-04-21T08:00:21.18 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 120 112.998 0.388 69
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:19.44 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 8 35.742 0.707 48
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:19.20 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 23 38.8278 -0.036 58
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2011-04-21T08:00:17.06 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 295 20.5683 0.356 56
IV.HLNI.HHE. 2011-04-21T08:00:17.45 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 114 87.3459 -0.203 77
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:16.27 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 66 70.0743 0.701 68
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:15.97 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 109 8.3805 0.199 59
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:14.32 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 85 52.9026 0.723 46
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2011-04-21T08:00:11.06 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 295 20.5683 0.376 84
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:11.40 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 8 35.742 -0.455 80
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:11.49 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 23 38.8278 -0.656 99
IV.RESU.HHZ. 2011-04-21T08:00:09.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 109 8.3805 -0.765 100
IV.STR3.BHN. 2011-04-21T08:00:06.30 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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