Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.8 on date 07-12-1994 and time 02:11:58 (UTC) in region 4 km E Centuripe (EN)

A magnitude Md 1.8 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Centuripe (EN), on

  • 07-12-1994 02:11:58 (UTC)
  • 07-12-1994 03:11:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6380, 14.7880 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
Centuripe EN 4 5470 5470
Adrano CT 5 36122 41592
Biancavilla CT 7 24007 65599
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 9 7641 73240
Catenanuova EN 11 4866 78106
PaternĂ² CT 12 48228 126334
Regalbuto EN 13 7277 133611
Ragalna CT 13 3924 137535
Bronte CT 17 19172 156707
Belpasso CT 18 28108 184815
Castel di Iudica CT 20 4625 189440

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
34 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
80 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
92 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
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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 1.8 1994-12-07
02:11:58
37.638 14.788 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 220899
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1994-12-07 02:11:58 ± 0.114
Latitude 37.6380 ± 0.0076
Longitude 14.7880 ± 0.0229
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 220899

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) 2185.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 169
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) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00534
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:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 220899
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:28:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.PZI.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:20.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 167 0.5883 -0.2 0.4
--.MEU.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:19.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 176 0.5217 0.57 0
--.AU9.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:18.41 10.0 undecidable manual SG 138 0.5106 0.28 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 167 0.5883 -0.4 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:10.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 176 0.5217 0.07 1.5
--.MNO.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:10.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 345 0.2997 -0.01 0.7
--.AU9.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:09.84 10.0 negative manual PG 138 0.5106 -0.08 3.1
--.MNO.Z. 1994-12-07T02:12:05.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 345 0.2997 -0.02 1.7
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