Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 29-01-2014 and time 15:00:41 (Italy) in region 8 km NE Mirabella Imbaccari (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 8 km NE Mirabella Imbaccari (CT), on

  • 29-01-2014 14:00:41 (UTC)
  • 29-01-2014 15:00:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3700, 14.5160 at 35 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Mirabella Imbaccari CT 8 4912 4912
Aidone EN 8 4889 9801
Raddusa CT 12 3178 12979
San Michele di Ganzaria CT 13 3245 16224
Piazza Armerina EN 13 21886 38110
Caltagirone CT 15 38686 76796
San Cono CT 16 2697 79493
Ramacca CT 16 10894 90387
Valguarnera Caropepe EN 18 7866 98253
Castel di Iudica CT 18 4625 102878
Mineo CT 19 5159 108037

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
42 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
47 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km NW of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
77 Km W of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
83 Km E of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.8 2014-01-29
14:00:41		 37.37 14.5157 35 2015-09-21
09:33:28		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 5773581
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2014-01-29
14:00:40		 37.4795 14.473 10 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 5405281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-01-29 14:00:41 ± 0.61
Latitude 37.3700 ± 0.0207
Longitude 14.5157 ± 0.0238
Depth (km) 35 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 5773581

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2301
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 902
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 352
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 183
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.47
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.24372
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.51531
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5773581
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-26 12:54:25

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 5405281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-01-29 14:18:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:01:00.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 99 57.1983 117 0.11 66
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:01:00.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 115 54.6009 118 0.62 36
IV.GALF.HHE. 2014-01-29T14:00:57.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 7 38.0286 129 1.21 32
IV.HBSP.HHE. 2014-01-29T14:00:54.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 184 27.0507 139 0.61 38
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:54.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 140 27.6501 138 0.14 45
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:53.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 94 31.5462 134 -0.98 65
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:52.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 115 54.6009 118 0.36 88
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:52.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 99 57.1983 117 -0.16 71
IV.GALF.HHE. 2014-01-29T14:00:49.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 7 38.0286 129 0.08 74
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:48.61 0.1 negative manual P 140 27.6501 138 -0.08 100
IV.HBSP.HHE. 2014-01-29T14:00:48.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 184 27.0507 139 -0.17 75
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2014-01-29T14:00:48.55 0.1 positive manual P 94 31.5462 134 -0.55 92
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00014000000000000001 0.38 AML other m 2014-01-29T14:00:54.27
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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