Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 07-04-1997 and time 18:25:15 (Italy) in region 8 km N Ragalna (CT)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 8 km N Ragalna (CT), on

  • 07-04-1997 16:25:15 (UTC)
  • 07-04-1997 18:25:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7000, 14.9310 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
Ragalna CT 8 3924 3924
Biancavilla CT 8 24007 27931
Adrano CT 10 36122 64053
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 10 7641 71694
Belpasso CT 13 28108 99802
Nicolosi CT 13 7463 107265
Bronte CT 13 19172 126437
PaternĂ² CT 14 48228 174665
Pedara CT 15 14102 188767
Zafferana Etnea CT 15 9517 198284
Maletto CT 16 3920 202204
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 213114
Camporotondo Etneo CT 16 5023 218137
San Pietro Clarenza CT 16 7743 225880
Milo CT 17 1087 226967
Viagrande CT 18 8563 235530
Mascalucia CT 18 31958 267488
Santa Venerina CT 18 8592 276080
Tremestieri Etneo CT 19 20589 296669
Centuripe EN 19 5470 302139
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 305663
Gravina di Catania CT 19 25838 331501
Sant'Alfio CT 20 1582 333083
San Giovanni la Punta CT 20 23060 356143
Randazzo CT 20 10900 367043

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
26 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
77 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
78 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
78 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
90 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Modica (54633 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 2.5
ML-VAX 1.8
1997-04-07
16:25:15
37.7 14.931 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 265589
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1997-04-07 16:25:15 ± 0.29
Latitude 37.7000 ± 0.0206
Longitude 14.9310 ± 0.0216
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 265589

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) 2971.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 120
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.7
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00267
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00858
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 265589
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 21:11:08

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 265589
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. 1997-04-07T16:25:40.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 63 0.666 0.72 0.5
--.ATN.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:38.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 42 0.6105 0.41 0.7
--.MEU.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:38.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 187 0.5883 1.18 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:35.16 10.0 undecidable manual PG 66 0.9546 0.43 1.4
--.GIB.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:32.21 10.0 undecidable manual PG 292 0.7659 1.02 0.9
--.CS9.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:30.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 289 0.7104 -0.09 1.9
--.MO9.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:29.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 63 0.666 -0.05 2
--.MNO.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:28.80 10.0 undecidable manual SG 321 0.2997 1.2 0.3
--.MEU.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:27.29 10.0 undecidable manual PG 187 0.5883 -0.64 1.5
--.ATN.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:27.38 10.0 undecidable manual PG 42 0.6105 -1.03 1.1
--.MNO.Z. 1997-04-07T16:25:20.40 10.0 undecidable manual PG 321 0.2997 -1.56 0.4
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