Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 24-05-1993 and time 15:35:21 (UTC) in region 2 km S Pollina (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Pollina (PA), on

  • 24-05-1993 15:35:21 (UTC)
  • 24-05-1993 17:35:21 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9800, 14.1480 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
Pollina PA 2 2974 2974
Castelbuono PA 7 8943 11917
Tusa ME 8 2925 14842
San Mauro Castelverde PA 8 1701 16543
Pettineo ME 13 1350 17893
Cefalù PA 13 14393 32286
Isnello PA 13 1589 33875
Geraci Siculo PA 13 1945 35820
Motta d'Affermo ME 14 739 36559
Gratteri PA 15 963 37522
Reitano ME 17 806 38328
Castel di Lucio ME 18 1294 39622
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 18 4694 44316
Lascari PA 18 3588 47904
Collesano PA 20 4054 51958
Mistretta ME 20 4791 56749
Petralia Sottana PA 20 2821 59570

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
98 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
98 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.6
1993-05-24
15:35:21
37.98 14.148 5 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 185879
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-05-24 15:35:21 ± 0.301
Latitude 37.9800 ± 0.0168
Longitude 14.1480 ± 0.0144
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 185879

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) 2251.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 139
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) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00008
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00389
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 185879
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 19:54:29

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 185879
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
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:39.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.4329 0.71 0
--.MNO.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:30.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.4329 -0.22 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:26.19 10.0 undecidable manual SG 275 0.0888 0.6 0
--.CS9.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:24.93 10.0 undecidable manual SG 235 0.0666 0.11 0.5
--.CS9.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:23.34 10.0 positive manual PG 235 0.0666 -0.09 2.7
--.GIB.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:23.86 10.0 negative manual PG 275 0.0888 -0.01 2.8
--.PL9.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:23.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 343 0.0111 0.03 0.6
--.PL9.Z. 1993-05-24T15:35:22.26 10.0 undecidable manual PG 343 0.0111 -0.26 0.8
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