Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 08-11-1993 and time 22:00:35 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana centro settentrionale (Palermo), on

  • 08-11-1993 22:00:35 (UTC)
  • 08-11-1993 23:00:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0280, 14.1660 at 7 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 4 2974 2974
Tusa ME 8 2925 5899
Castelbuono PA 12 8943 14842
Cefalù PA 13 14393 29235
San Mauro Castelverde PA 13 1701 30936
Pettineo ME 13 1350 32286
Motta d'Affermo ME 13 739 33025
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 16 4694 37719
Isnello PA 17 1589 39308
Reitano ME 17 806 40114
Gratteri PA 18 963 41077
Geraci Siculo PA 19 1945 43022
Lascari PA 20 3588 46610

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
99 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km NW of Catania (314555 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
1993-11-08
22:00:35
38.028 14.166 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 199899
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-11-08 22:00:35 ± 0.447
Latitude 38.0280 ± 0.0421
Longitude 14.1660 ± 0.0226
Depth (km) 7 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 199899

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) 5079.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 191
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00065
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00947
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 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 199899
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:07:54

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 199899
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
--.MEU.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:57.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 149 1.0545 0.21 0.8
--.ATN.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:56.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 1.0212 0.22 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:53.29 10.0 undecidable manual SG 102 0.4218 1.1 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:44.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 102 0.4218 -0.87 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:41.59 10.0 undecidable manual SG 250 0.111 0.55 0.4
--.TU9.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:40.92 10.0 undecidable manual SG 150 0.0666 1.23 0
--.CS9.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:40.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 219 0.1221 -0.79 0.2
--.GIB.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:39.90 10.0 negative manual PG 250 0.111 0.2 3.1
--.CS9.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:38.78 10.0 undecidable manual PG 219 0.1221 -0.13 1.6
--.TU9.Z. 1993-11-08T22:00:37.79 10.0 negative manual PG 150 0.0666 -0.33 2.7
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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