Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 19-11-1985 and time 19:28:39 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Milo (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Milo (CT), on

  • 19-11-1985 18:28:39 (UTC)
  • 19-11-1985 19:28:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7130, 15.1360 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
Milo CT 2 1087 1087
Santa Venerina CT 3 8592 9679
Zafferana Etnea CT 3 9517 19196
Sant'Alfio CT 4 1582 20778
Giarre CT 5 27659 48437
Riposto CT 6 14838 63275
Mascali CT 7 14282 77557
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 11 9623 87180
Piedimonte Etneo CT 11 3963 91143
Acireale CT 11 52622 143765
Trecastagni CT 12 10910 154675
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 12 17984 172659
Viagrande CT 12 8563 181222
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 211073
Pedara CT 12 14102 225175
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 13 3524 228699
Linguaglossa CT 14 5403 234102
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 241565
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 246873
Valverde CT 15 7840 254713
San Giovanni la Punta CT 15 23060 277773
Tremestieri Etneo CT 16 20589 298362
San Gregorio di Catania CT 17 11966 310328
Mascalucia CT 17 31958 342286
Aci Castello CT 17 18723 361009
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 18 9479 370488
Gravina di Catania CT 18 25838 396326
Gaggi ME 18 3184 399510
San Pietro Clarenza CT 18 7743 407253
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 416668
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 419883
Belpasso CT 19 28108 447991
Ragalna CT 20 3924 451915
Camporotondo Etneo CT 20 5023 456938

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
11 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
24 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
63 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
65 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
98 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 1985-11-19
18:28:39
37.713 15.136 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 15809
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1985-11-19 18:28:39 ± 0.412
Latitude 37.7130 ± 0.0352
Longitude 15.1360 ± 0.0466
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 15809

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) 5670.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 159
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) 0.8
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.02032
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 15809
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 17:18:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CSI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 23 2.2533 0.03 1.1
--.ACI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:12.40 10.0 undecidable manual PN 26 1.8315 1.21 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:12.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 288 0.9213 0.54 0.4
--.PZI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:05.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 193 0.666 1.34 0.3
--.FAI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:04.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 249 1.2432 0.96 0.8
--.DR2.Z. 1985-11-19T18:29:01.50 10.0 undecidable manual PN 33 1.11 0.14 3.4
--.GIB.Z. 1985-11-19T18:28:56.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 288 0.9213 -1.8 0.5
--.PZI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:28:52.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 193 0.666 -1.29 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 1985-11-19T18:28:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.5883 -0.74 1.2
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