Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 26-09-1991 and time 19:58:29 (Italy) in region Costa Catanese (Catania)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Catanese (Catania), on

  • 26-09-1991 17:58:29 (UTC)
  • 26-09-1991 19:58:29 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6010, 15.1990 at 5 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
Acireale CT 3 52622 52622
Aci Catena CT 5 29851 82473
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 6 17984 100457
Aci Castello CT 7 18723 119180
Valverde CT 7 7840 127020
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 8 3524 130544
San Gregorio di Catania CT 9 11966 142510
Viagrande CT 9 8563 151073
San Giovanni la Punta CT 10 23060 174133
Trecastagni CT 11 10910 185043
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 193635
Tremestieri Etneo CT 11 20589 214224
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 11 9479 223703
Pedara CT 12 14102 237805
Gravina di Catania CT 13 25838 263643
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 295601
Zafferana Etnea CT 14 9517 305118
Giarre CT 15 27659 332777
Catania CT 15 314555 647332
Riposto CT 15 14838 662170
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 669633
Milo CT 16 1087 670720
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 678463
Sant'Alfio CT 17 1582 680045
Camporotondo Etneo CT 17 5023 685068
Mascali CT 18 14282 699350
Misterbianco CT 19 49410 748760
Belpasso CT 20 28108 776868

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
3 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
15 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
69 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.5
1991-09-26
17:58:29
37.601 15.199 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 149949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-09-26 17:58:29 ± 0.23
Latitude 37.6010 ± 0.0141
Longitude 15.1990 ± 0.0276
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 149949

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) 2897.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00737
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 149949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:19:57

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 149949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-28 13:07:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZI.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:52.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 200 0.5772 1.48 0.1
--.MEU.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:51.20 10.0 undecidable manual SG 210 0.5661 0.81 0.4
--.MO9.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:50.27 10.0 undecidable manual SG 44 0.555 0.39 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:50.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 20 0.5883 -0.55 0.5
--.SOI.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:47.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 54 0.8214 1.13 0.4
--.AU9.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:43.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 177 0.3441 1.25 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:41.73 10.0 undecidable manual PG 20 0.5883 0.02 1.7
--.MEU.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:41.30 10.0 undecidable manual PG 210 0.5661 -0.23 1.7
--.PZI.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:40.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 200 0.5772 -0.89 0.8
--.MO9.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:40.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 44 0.555 -0.37 1.6
--.MNO.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:40.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 309 0.5106 0.11 1.8
--.AU9.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:36.25 10.0 positive manual PG 177 0.3441 -0.57 2.8
--.GIO.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:34.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 244 0.0666 1.53 0.1
--.GIO.Z. 1991-09-26T17:58:30.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 244 0.0666 -0.62 1.3
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