Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.7 on date 14-01-1994 and time 15:52:23 (UTC) in region 5 km SE Cefalù (PA)

A magnitude Md 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SE Cefalù (PA), on

  • 14-01-1994 15:52:23 (UTC)
  • 14-01-1994 16:52:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0090, 14.0660 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
Cefalù PA 5 14393 14393
Pollina PA 7 2974 17367
Castelbuono PA 9 8943 26310
Isnello PA 9 1589 27899
Gratteri PA 9 963 28862
Lascari PA 11 3588 32450
Collesano PA 15 4054 36504
San Mauro Castelverde PA 15 1701 38205
Tusa ME 15 2925 41130
Campofelice di Roccella PA 16 7537 48667
Geraci Siculo PA 18 1945 50612

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 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 1.7 1994-01-14
15:52:23
38.009 14.066 5 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 203819
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-01-14 15:52:23 ± 0.085
Latitude 38.0090 ± 0.0029
Longitude 14.0660 ± 0.0022
Depth (km) 5 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 203819

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) 375.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 227
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00032
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00105
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 203819
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:11:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.CS9.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:27.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.0666 0 0.5
--.GIB.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:26.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 237 0.0333 0.08 0.4
--.TU9.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:26.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 111 0.1221 0.11 0.5
--.PL9.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:26.70 10.0 undecidable manual SG 105 0.0666 -0.04 0.5
--.CS9.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:25.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.0666 -0.05 1.2
--.GIB.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:25.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 237 0.0333 -0.03 1.3
--.PL9.Z. 1994-01-14T15:52:25.47 10.0 negative manual PG 105 0.0666 -0.03 2.6
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