Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 11-09-2011 and time 06:40:28 (Italy) in region 7 km E Mazzarrone (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 7 km E Mazzarrone (CT), on

  • 11-09-2011 04:40:28 (UTC)
  • 11-09-2011 06:40:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1030, 14.6400 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Mazzarrone CT 7 4078 4078
Licodia Eubea CT 8 3081 7159
Chiaramonte Gulfi RG 10 8238 15397
Monterosso Almo RG 11 3032 18429
Vizzini CT 12 6241 24670
Grammichele CT 13 13418 38088
Giarratana RG 15 3048 41136
Acate RG 15 10954 52090
Comiso RG 18 30156 82246
Mineo CT 19 5159 87405
Caltagirone CT 19 38686 126091
Buccheri SR 19 1999 128090
Vittoria RG 19 63339 191429

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
21 Km NW of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
29 Km NW of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
35 Km E of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
67 Km SE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km E of Agrigento (59770 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 1.2
2011-09-11
04:40:28
37.103 14.64 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1285539
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-09-11 04:40:28 ± 0.08
Latitude 37.1030 ± 0.0009
Longitude 14.6400 ± 0.0056
Depth (km) 8 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1285539

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 439
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 207
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 88
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 509.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 255
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.05
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30667
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1285539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 01:26:19

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1285539
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 01:26:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHN. 2011-09-11T04:40:40.22 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 37 34.0437 0.001 73
IV.MNO.SHN. 2011-09-11T04:40:35.20 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2011-09-11T04:40:35.70 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 142 20.4684 0.027 74
IV.HLNI.HHN. 2011-09-11T04:40:35.10 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 37 34.0437 -0.001 73
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2011-09-11T04:40:32.43 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 142 20.4684 -0.045 74
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2011-09-11T04:40:32.63 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 39 10.6782 -0.026 75
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2011-09-11T04:40:30.77 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 39 10.6782 0.035 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2011-09-11T04:40:30.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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