Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 20-04-1991 and time 21:32:25 (UTC) in region 8 km E Maletto (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 8 km E Maletto (CT), on

  • 20-04-1991 21:32:25 (UTC)
  • 20-04-1991 23:32:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8070, 14.9530 at 10 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
Maletto CT 8 3920 3920
Randazzo CT 8 10900 14820
Bronte CT 11 19172 33992
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 12 980 34972
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 35689
Maniace CT 14 3765 39454
Roccella Valdemone ME 15 666 40120
Malvagna ME 15 733 40853
Milo CT 17 1087 41940
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 17 3215 45155
Linguaglossa CT 17 5403 50558
Zafferana Etnea CT 18 9517 60075
Sant'Alfio CT 18 1582 61657
Adrano CT 19 36122 97779
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 101724
Ragalna CT 20 3924 105648
Biancavilla CT 20 24007 129655
Piedimonte Etneo CT 20 3963 133618

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
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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 2.0 1991-04-20
21:32:25
37.807 14.953 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 139639
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-04-20 21:32:25 ± 0.333
Latitude 37.8070 ± 0.0222
Longitude 14.9530 ± 0.0290
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 139639

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
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) 3548.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 142
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01514
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 139639
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:10:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.DR2.Z. 1991-04-20T21:33:03.27 10.0 undecidable manual SN 42 1.1322 0.12 0.6
--.CZI.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:52.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 32 1.6761 -2.34 0.1
--.DR2.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:47.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 42 1.1322 0.2 1.4
--.AU9.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:46.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 158 0.5883 -0.07 0.7
--.FE2.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:44.76 10.0 undecidable manual PG 74 0.9213 0.88 1.1
--.GA2.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:42.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 61 0.777 0.85 1.2
--.AU9.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:37.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 158 0.5883 -0.23 1.7
--.MNO.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:36.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 301 0.2331 0.74 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 1991-04-20T21:32:31.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 301 0.2331 0.3 1.7
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