Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 22-11-1995 and time 15:13:45 (UTC) in region 3 km W Geraci Siculo (PA)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Geraci Siculo (PA), on

  • 22-11-1995 15:13:45 (UTC)
  • 22-11-1995 16:13:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8590, 14.1220 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
Geraci Siculo PA 3 1945 1945
Petralia Sottana PA 6 2821 4766
Petralia Soprana PA 7 3360 8126
San Mauro Castelverde PA 9 1701 9827
Castelbuono PA 9 8943 18770
Gangi PA 10 6811 25581
Castellana Sicula PA 11 3411 28992
Polizzi Generosa PA 12 3407 32399
Blufi PA 12 1029 33428
Bompietro PA 13 1401 34829
Isnello PA 14 1589 36418
Pollina PA 15 2974 39392
Castel di Lucio ME 17 1294 40686
Tusa ME 17 2925 43611
Collesano PA 18 4054 47665
Gratteri PA 18 963 48628
Alimena PA 18 2032 50660
Scillato PA 19 613 51273
Pettineo ME 19 1350 52623

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
59 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
72 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
77 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
94 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
96 Km W of Acireale (52622 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.5
1995-11-22
15:13:45
37.859 14.122 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 236699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-11-22 15:13:45 ± 0.617
Latitude 37.8590 ± 0.0420
Longitude 14.1220 ± 0.0278
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 236699

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) 5274.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 249
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00073
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00979
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 236699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:44:05

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 236699
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
--.SA1.S. 1995-11-22T15:14:17.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 38 0.888 -0.58 0.2
--.ATN.Z. 1995-11-22T15:14:08.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 73 1.0878 0.21 0.9
--.SA1.Z. 1995-11-22T15:14:04.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 38 0.888 0.41 0.7
--.MNO.Z. 1995-11-22T15:14:03.00 10.0 undecidable manual SG 80 0.444 -0.44 0.4
--.MNO.Z. 1995-11-22T15:13:56.12 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.444 0.1 1.6
--.GIB.Z. 1995-11-22T15:13:52.95 10.0 undecidable manual SG 330 0.1443 0.99 0
--.CS9.Z. 1995-11-22T15:13:49.90 10.0 undecidable manual SG 332 0.0777 -0.61 0.2
--.CS9.Z. 1995-11-22T15:13:48.50 10.0 negative manual PG 332 0.0777 -0.04 3.3
--.GIB.Z. 1995-11-22T15:13:48.96 10.0 negative manual PG 330 0.1443 -0.43 1.8
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