Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 02-03-2012 and time 14:56:24 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 02-03-2012 14:56:24 (UTC)
  • 02-03-2012 15:56:24 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0400, 14.0730 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
Cefalù PA 4 14393 14393
Pollina PA 8 2974 17367
Gratteri PA 12 963 18330
Castelbuono PA 12 8943 27273
Isnello PA 12 1589 28862
Lascari PA 12 3588 32450
Tusa ME 16 2925 35375
Campofelice di Roccella PA 17 7537 42912
San Mauro Castelverde PA 17 1701 44613
Collesano PA 18 4054 48667

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
92 Km NE 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 1.7
ML 1.5
2012-03-02
14:56:24
38.04 14.073 8 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1345459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-03-02 14:56:24 ± 0.52
Latitude 38.0400 ± 0.0360
Longitude 14.0730 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1345459

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3995
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1126
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 177
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 4176.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 269
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39300
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1345459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:50:02

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1345459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:50:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.VVLD.HHN. 2012-03-02T14:56:50.34 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.VVLD.HHN. 2012-03-02T14:56:45.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PAOL.HHE. 2012-03-02T14:56:44.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RESU.HHN. 2012-03-02T14:56:33.49 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 182 43.623 0.275 67
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2012-03-02T14:56:32.74 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 221 42.7239 -0.332 67
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2012-03-02T14:56:28.58 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 130 8.0808 -0.139 74
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2012-03-02T14:56:28.44 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 217 6.8931 -0.003 76
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2012-03-02T14:56:27.07 0.1 positive manual Pg 130 8.0808 0.045 100
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2012-03-02T14:56:26.97 0.1 negative manual Pg 217 6.8931 0.101 99
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