Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.1 on date 18-12-1993 and time 09:32:49 (Italy) in region 5 km W Leonforte (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 5 km W Leonforte (EN), on

  • 18-12-1993 08:32:49 (UTC)
  • 18-12-1993 09:32:49 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6540, 14.3360 at 10 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
Leonforte EN 5 13439 13439
Assoro EN 8 5191 18630
Calascibetta EN 9 4528 23158
Nissoria EN 10 3000 26158
Enna EN 11 28019 54177
Nicosia EN 12 13899 68076
Sperlinga EN 13 805 68881
Villarosa EN 16 4937 73818
Agira EN 17 8345 82163
Valguarnera Caropepe EN 18 7866 90029
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 19 3593 93622
Gangi PA 20 6811 100433

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
73 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km SE of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
88 Km NW of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Modica (54633 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 2.1
ML-VAX 1.6
1993-12-18
08:32:49
37.654 14.336 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 202239
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1993-12-18 08:32:49 ± 0.376
Latitude 37.6540 ± 0.0246
Longitude 14.3360 ± 0.0355
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 202239

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) 4153.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00291
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00688
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 202239
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:10:10

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 202239
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. 1993-12-18T08:33:15.15 10.0 undecidable manual SG 143 0.666 2.27 0
--.GIB.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:05.57 10.0 undecidable manual SG 323 0.4107 0.87 0.5
--.PL9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:05.17 10.0 undecidable manual SG 335 0.3663 1.9 0.1
--.MNO.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:04.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 45 0.3996 0.07 0.8
--.PZI.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:04.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 140 0.7659 -0.02 1.5
--.CS9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:03.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 323 0.3552 0.82 0.5
--.TU9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:03.12 10.0 undecidable manual SG 342 0.3219 1.33 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1993-12-18T08:33:02.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 143 0.666 -0.43 1.5
--.GIB.Z. 1993-12-18T08:32:57.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 323 0.4107 -0.79 1.4
--.MNO.Z. 1993-12-18T08:32:57.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 45 0.3996 -0.79 1.3
--.PL9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:32:56.87 10.0 undecidable manual PG 335 0.3663 -0.57 1.6
--.CS9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:32:56.98 10.0 undecidable manual PG 323 0.3552 -0.12 2
--.TU9.Z. 1993-12-18T08:32:55.88 10.0 undecidable manual PG 342 0.3219 -0.7 1.5
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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