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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 10-02-1995 and time 04:40:19 (UTC) in region 4 km N Nicolosi (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km N Nicolosi (CT), on

  • 10-02-1995 04:40:19 (UTC)
  • 10-02-1995 05:40:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6530, 15.0230 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Nicolosi CT 4 7463 7463
Pedara CT 5 14102 21565
Trecastagni CT 6 10910 32475
Ragalna CT 8 3924 36399
Belpasso CT 8 28108 64507
Viagrande CT 8 8563 73070
Zafferana Etnea CT 9 9517 82587
San Pietro Clarenza CT 9 7743 90330
Mascalucia CT 9 31958 122288
Camporotondo Etneo CT 10 5023 127311
Tremestieri Etneo CT 10 20589 147900
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 10 3524 151424
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 10 17984 169408
San Giovanni la Punta CT 11 23060 192468
Gravina di Catania CT 11 25838 218306
Santa Venerina CT 11 8592 226898
Milo CT 12 1087 227985
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 12 9479 237464
Aci Catena CT 12 29851 267315
Valverde CT 12 7840 275155
San Gregorio di Catania CT 12 11966 287121
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 13 7641 294762
Acireale CT 13 52622 347384
Paternò CT 13 48228 395612
Biancavilla CT 14 24007 419619
Misterbianco CT 15 49410 469029
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 470611
Aci Castello CT 15 18723 489334
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 16 12116 501450
Adrano CT 17 36122 537572
Giarre CT 17 27659 565231
Catania CT 18 314555 879786
Riposto CT 18 14838 894624
Mascali CT 19 14282 908906

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
13 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
18 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
75 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
87 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
89 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 2.0
ML-VAX 2.0 		1995-02-10
04:40:19		 37.653 15.023 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 223059
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-02-10 04:40:19 ± 0.141
Latitude 37.6530 ± 0.0086
Longitude 15.0230 ± 0.0137
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 223059

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) 1540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 97
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00340
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00818
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 223059
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:30:46

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 223059
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
--.MO9.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:42.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 56 0.6327 0.66 0.3
--.PZI.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:41.22 10.0 undecidable manual SG 185 0.5883 0.95 0.1
--.ATN.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:40.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 34 0.6105 -0.64 0.3
--.GIB.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:36.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 293 0.8547 0.06 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:36.93 10.0 undecidable manual PG 62 0.9102 -0.23 1.4
--.PL9.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:35.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 296 0.7659 0.55 0.9
--.AU9.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:34.24 10.0 undecidable manual SG 158 0.4218 -0.53 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:33.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 317 0.3774 0.27 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:32.69 10.0 undecidable manual PG 56 0.6327 0.76 0.6
--.PZI.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:31.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 185 0.5883 -0.24 1.8
--.ATN.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:31.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 34 0.6105 -0.38 1.5
--.MEU.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:30.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 195 0.555 -0.22 1.8
--.AU9.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:28.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 158 0.4218 -0.04 2
--.MNO.Z. 1995-02-10T04:40:26.49 10.0 undecidable manual PG 317 0.3774 -0.76 0.6
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