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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 08-05-2016 and time 22:17:47 (Italy) in region 1 km NE Belpasso (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NE Belpasso (CT), on

  • 08-05-2016 20:17:47 (UTC)
  • 08-05-2016 22:17:47 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.6050, 14.9830 at 3 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
Belpasso CT 2 28108 28108
Nicolosi CT 4 7463 35571
Camporotondo Etneo CT 5 5023 40594
Ragalna CT 5 3924 44518
San Pietro Clarenza CT 5 7743 52261
Pedara CT 7 14102 66363
Mascalucia CT 7 31958 98321
Paternò CT 8 48228 146549
Gravina di Catania CT 9 25838 172387
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 9 7641 180028
Tremestieri Etneo CT 9 20589 200617
Trecastagni CT 9 10910 211527
Misterbianco CT 10 49410 260937
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 10 9479 270416
Viagrande CT 10 8563 278979
San Giovanni la Punta CT 10 23060 302039
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 10 12116 314155
Biancavilla CT 11 24007 338162
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 11 3524 341686
San Gregorio di Catania CT 12 11966 353652
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 13 17984 371636
Valverde CT 13 7840 379476
Aci Catena CT 14 29851 409327
Catania CT 15 314555 723882
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 733399
Adrano CT 15 36122 769521
Aci Castello CT 15 18723 788244
Acireale CT 16 52622 840866
Santa Venerina CT 17 8592 849458
Milo CT 18 1087 850545

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
15 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
16 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
81 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
88 Km NE of Gela (75827 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 		ML 2.1 2016-05-08
20:17:47		 37.605 14.983 3 2016-11-08
11:48:45		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 25167431
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2016-05-08
20:17:47		 37.5982 14.9713 2 2016-05-08
20:29:02		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 24950471
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-05-08 20:17:47 ± 0.13
Latitude 37.6050 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.9830 ± 0.0125
Depth (km) 3 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 25167431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1072
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 343
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 73
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1070.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 83
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08274
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.77072
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 24950471
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-05-08 20:29:02

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 25167431
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-05-19 08:27:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:10.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 170 72.6717 50 -0.03 47
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:04.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 171 50.3163 93 0.3 46
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:03.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 360 85.5477 50 0.64 59
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:02.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 151 44.2224 94 0.4 46
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:01.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 157 38.628 94 0.86 39
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:18:01.21 0.3 undecidable manual P 194 73.7706 50 0.29 67
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:59.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 170 72.6717 50 -0.96 71
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:58.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 199 30.0477 96 0.84 40
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:56.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 273 42.5241 94 0.9 57
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:56.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 171 50.3163 93 -0.61 64
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:55.82 1.0 undecidable manual P 325 44.1225 94 -0.13 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:55.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 46.1205 94 -0.47 68
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:55.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 288 38.4282 95 0.64 65
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:55.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 151 44.2224 94 -0.52 45
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:54.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 38.628 94 -0.27 72
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:52.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 336 26.6511 96 0.03 77
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:52.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 199 30.0477 96 -0.32 96
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:51.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 68 19.5693 99 0.64 67
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:50.95 0.6 undecidable manual S 356 9.7791 107 0.29 50
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:50.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 279 9.1797 108 -0.23 51
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:48.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 356 9.7791 107 -0.29 100
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2016-05-08T20:17:48.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 9.1797 108 -0.6 92
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001505 0.82 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:06.59
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00012035 1.34 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:13.55
IV.CAGR.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00041549999999999996 1.48 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:11.93
IV.CAGR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00043149999999999997 1.24 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:19.92
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00117 1.26 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:17:59.61
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0010825 0.46 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:00.02
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.3 0.001305 0.6 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:01.22
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0011690000000000001 0.4 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:04.71
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0109 0.36 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:17:51.10
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:2.7 0.008675 0.3 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:17:53.33
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0005815 0.72 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:10.94
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0005574999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:05.51
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00023299999999999997 0.5 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:01.54
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002445 1.2 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:38.72
IV.HAVL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0003125 0.22 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:13.03
IV.HAVL.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0003085 1.48 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:12.16
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0002665 1.32 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:17:59.81
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00017199999999999998 1.34 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:17:58.83
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0005535000000000001 1.52 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:23.58
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000419 1.4 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:20.79
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00040100000000000004 1 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:08.26
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.0005925 0.92 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:12.30
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000422 0.44 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:06.87
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0002805 0.74 AML other m 2016-05-08T20:18:05.02
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