Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 16-12-2011 and time 12:18:28 (Italy) in region 4 km S Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Melilli (SR), on

  • 16-12-2011 11:18:28 (UTC)
  • 16-12-2011 12:18:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1480, 15.1340 at 17 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
Melilli SR 4 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 5 12091 25712
Solarino SR 5 8091 33803
Floridia SR 7 22762 56565
Sortino SR 9 8690 65255
Augusta SR 12 36305 101560
Canicattini Bagni SR 14 7109 108669
Cassaro SR 17 821 109490
Siracusa SR 17 122291 231781
Ferla SR 17 2523 234304
Carlentini SR 18 17798 252102
Lentini SR 19 24085 276187

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
17 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
46 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
52 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
79 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 1.6
2011-12-16
11:18:28
37.148 15.134 17 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1323009
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-12-16 11:18:28 ± 0.36
Latitude 37.1480 ± 0.0162
Longitude 15.1340 ± 0.0350
Depth (km) 17 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1323009

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2875
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1648
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 292
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3584.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 149
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.18886
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1323009
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:18:29

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1323009
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:18:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
HL.KEK.HHN. 2011-12-16T11:19:12.10 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2011-12-16T11:18:51.38 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2011-12-16T11:18:47.81 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MEU.SHN. 2011-12-16T11:18:41.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAGA.HHN. 2011-12-16T11:18:35.38 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 7 15.2736 -0.133 49
IV.FIR.HHZ. 2011-12-16T11:18:34.97 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SSY.HHE. 2011-12-16T11:18:34.27 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 281 5.3946 0.281 73
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2011-12-16T11:18:33.10 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 183 20.9679 -0.038 100
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2011-12-16T11:18:32.96 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 329 17.4714 0.279 96
IV.HAGA.HHN. 2011-12-16T11:18:32.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 7 15.2736 -0.363 94
IV.AGST.EHE. 2011-12-16T11:18:32.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 34 14.5743 0.333 95
IV.SSY.HHE. 2011-12-16T11:18:31.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 281 5.3946 -0.413 96
IV.ARVD.HHE. 2011-12-16T11:18:29.96 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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