Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 13-11-1991 and time 07:03:55 (Italy) in region 4 km SE Santa Venerina (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SE Santa Venerina (CT), on

  • 13-11-1991 06:03:55 (UTC)
  • 13-11-1991 07:03:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6630, 15.1700 at 27 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
Santa Venerina CT 4 8592 8592
Acireale CT 6 52622 61214
Zafferana Etnea CT 7 9517 70731
Aci Catena CT 7 29851 100582
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 7 17984 118566
Giarre CT 8 27659 146225
Milo CT 8 1087 147312
Riposto CT 8 14838 162150
Viagrande CT 9 8563 170713
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 9 3524 174237
Sant'Alfio CT 9 1582 175819
Trecastagni CT 9 10910 186729
Valverde CT 10 7840 194569
Pedara CT 11 14102 208671
Mascali CT 11 14282 222953
San Giovanni la Punta CT 12 23060 246013
San Gregorio di Catania CT 12 11966 257979
Aci Castello CT 12 18723 276702
Tremestieri Etneo CT 13 20589 297291
Nicolosi CT 14 7463 304754
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 14 9479 314233
Mascalucia CT 14 31958 346191
Gravina di Catania CT 15 25838 372029
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 15 9623 381652
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 385615
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 393358
Camporotondo Etneo CT 18 5023 398381
Belpasso CT 19 28108 426489
Calatabiano CT 19 5308 431797
Catania CT 19 314555 746352
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 751755

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
6 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
19 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
96 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
99 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1991-11-13
06:03:55
37.663 15.17 27 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 153269
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1991-11-13 06:03:55 ± 0.287
Latitude 37.6630 ± 0.0196
Longitude 15.1700 ± 0.0476
Depth (km) 27 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 153269

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) 4726.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00097
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00567
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 153269
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:23:02

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 153269
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. 1991-11-13T06:04:18.44 10.0 undecidable manual SN 196 0.6327 0.45 0.6
--.ATN.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:16.63 10.0 undecidable manual SN 24 0.5439 0.69 0.5
--.AU9.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:11.98 10.0 undecidable manual SG 174 0.3996 -0.21 0.7
--.PZI.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:07.93 10.0 positive manual PN 196 0.6327 -0.7 2.3
--.AU9.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:07.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 174 0.3996 1.72 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 50 0.5328 -0.23 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:06.44 10.0 undecidable manual PN 24 0.5439 -1 0.9
--.MNO.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:06.73 10.0 undecidable manual PG 305 0.4551 0.59 1.5
--.GIO.Z. 1991-11-13T06:04:05.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 206 0.111 0.3 0.7
--.GIO.Z. 1991-11-13T06:03:59.92 10.0 undecidable manual PG 206 0.111 -1.26 0.7
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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