Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 13-04-2014 and time 16:00:00 (UTC) in region 1 km W Acireale (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Acireale (CT), on

  • 13-04-2014 16:00:00 (UTC)
  • 13-04-2014 18:00:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6150, 15.1570 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania).

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Acireale CT 1 52622 52622
Aci Catena CT 2 29851 82473
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 3 17984 100457
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 5 3524 103981
Valverde CT 5 7840 111821
Viagrande CT 5 8563 120384
Aci Castello CT 7 18723 139107
San Giovanni la Punta CT 7 23060 162167
Trecastagni CT 7 10910 173077
San Gregorio di Catania CT 7 11966 185043
Santa Venerina CT 8 8592 193635
Pedara CT 9 14102 207737
Tremestieri Etneo CT 9 20589 228326
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 9 9479 237805
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 247322
Gravina di Catania CT 10 25838 273160
Mascalucia CT 10 31958 305118
Nicolosi CT 11 7463 312581
San Pietro Clarenza CT 13 7743 320324
Milo CT 13 1087 321411
Giarre CT 13 27659 349070
Riposto CT 14 14838 363908
Catania CT 14 314555 678463
Camporotondo Etneo CT 14 5023 683486
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 685068
Belpasso CT 16 28108 713176
Mascali CT 16 14282 727458
Misterbianco CT 17 49410 776868
Ragalna CT 19 3924 780792
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 20 12116 792908

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
1 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
14 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
70 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 2.2 2014-04-13
16:00:00
37.615 15.157 0 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania) 6165791
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-04-13 16:00:00 ± 0
Latitude 37.6150
Longitude 15.1570
Depth (km) 0 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6165791

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 0.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6165791
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV-OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-04-13 16:30:43
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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