Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.9 on date 01-10-1992 and time 02:29:35 (UTC) in region 5 km E Gagliano Castelferrato (EN)

A magnitude Md 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 5 km E Gagliano Castelferrato (EN), on

  • 01-10-1992 02:29:35 (UTC)
  • 01-10-1992 03:29:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7250, 14.5880 at 15 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
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 5 3593 3593
Troina EN 7 9373 12966
Regalbuto EN 9 7277 20243
Agira EN 9 8345 28588
Cerami EN 12 2006 30594
Nissoria EN 14 3000 33594
Nicosia EN 17 13899 47493
Capizzi ME 17 3176 50669
San Teodoro ME 17 1403 52072
CesarĂ² ME 17 2439 54511
Centuripe EN 18 5470 59981
Assoro EN 18 5191 65172
Leonforte EN 20 13439 78611
Catenanuova EN 20 4866 83477

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
53 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
90 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
100 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
100 Km E of Agrigento (59770 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 1.9
ML-VAX 1.7
1992-10-01
02:29:35
37.725 14.588 15 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 174359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1992-10-01 02:29:35 ± 0.317
Latitude 37.7250 ± 0.0082
Longitude 14.5880 ± 0.0340
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 174359

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) 3125.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 219
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00194
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01085
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:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 174359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:43:13

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 174359
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
--.AU9.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:59.84 10.0 undecidable manual SG 133 0.6882 0.43 0.3
--.SOI.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:57.41 10.0 undecidable manual PN 72 1.1988 -0.04 1.3
--.MO9.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:54.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 72 0.9102 0.56 0.4
--.ATN.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:51.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 57 0.8103 -0.57 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:48.41 10.0 undecidable manual PG 162 0.6327 0 1.8
--.AU9.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:48.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 133 0.6882 -0.31 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:44.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 21 0.2109 0.16 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1992-10-01T02:29:40.79 10.0 undecidable manual PG 21 0.2109 0.01 1.8
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