Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-04-1993 and time 17:37:18 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Pollina (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Pollina (PA), on

  • 16-04-1993 15:37:18 (UTC)
  • 16-04-1993 17:37:18 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9740, 14.1570 at 4 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
Pollina PA 3 2974 2974
San Mauro Castelverde PA 7 1701 4675
Tusa ME 7 2925 7600
Castelbuono PA 7 8943 16543
Pettineo ME 12 1350 17893
Geraci Siculo PA 13 1945 19838
Motta d'Affermo ME 13 739 20577
Isnello PA 14 1589 22166
Cefalù PA 14 14393 36559
Gratteri PA 16 963 37522
Reitano ME 17 806 38328
Castel di Lucio ME 17 1294 39622
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 18 4694 44316
Mistretta ME 19 4791 49107
Lascari PA 19 3588 52695
Petralia Sottana PA 19 2821 55516
Gangi PA 20 6811 62327
Petralia Soprana PA 20 3360 65687

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
58 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
97 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Acireale (52622 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
ML-VAX 1.6
1993-04-16
15:37:18
37.974 14.157 4 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 183579
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-04-16 15:37:18 ± 0.26
Latitude 37.9740 ± 0.0167
Longitude 14.1570 ± 0.0157
Depth (km) 4 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 183579

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) 2311.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00016
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01344
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 183579
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:52:19

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 183579
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
--.SOI.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:46.45 10.0 undecidable manual PN 85 1.4874 0.3 0.3
--.MNO.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:35.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 95 0.4218 0.57 0
--.MNO.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:27.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 95 0.4218 -0.79 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:23.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 278 0.0999 0.22 0.5
--.CS9.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:21.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 241 0.0666 -0.07 0.5
--.CS9.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:20.61 10.0 negative manual PG 241 0.0666 0.05 2.5
--.GIB.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:20.97 10.0 negative manual PG 278 0.0999 -0.14 2.1
--.PL9.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:20.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 328 0.0222 0.13 0.4
--.PL9.Z. 1993-04-16T15:37:19.59 10.0 positive manual PG 328 0.0222 -0.02 2.6
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