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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 05-10-2016 and time 09:21:33 (UTC) in region 2 km NE Paternò (CT)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Paternò (CT), on

  • 05-10-2016 09:21:33 (UTC)
  • 05-10-2016 11:21:33 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.5980, 14.9150 at 11 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
Paternò CT 2 48228 48228
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 3 7641 55869
Ragalna CT 4 3924 59793
Belpasso CT 6 28108 87901
Biancavilla CT 6 24007 111908
Camporotondo Etneo CT 9 5023 116931
San Pietro Clarenza CT 10 7743 124674
Nicolosi CT 10 7463 132137
Adrano CT 10 36122 168259
Motta Sant'Anastasia CT 11 12116 180375
Misterbianco CT 12 49410 229785
Mascalucia CT 13 31958 261743
Pedara CT 13 14102 275845
Gravina di Catania CT 14 25838 301683
Tremestieri Etneo CT 14 20589 322272
Trecastagni CT 15 10910 333182
Sant'Agata li Battiati CT 15 9479 342661
Centuripe EN 15 5470 348131
San Giovanni la Punta CT 16 23060 371191
Viagrande CT 16 8563 379754
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 17 3524 383278
San Gregorio di Catania CT 18 11966 395244
Catania CT 19 314555 709799
Valverde CT 19 7840 717639
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 735623
Zafferana Etnea CT 20 9517 745140
Catenanuova EN 20 4866 750006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
19 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
22 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
76 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
83 Km N of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
83 Km NE of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km SW of Messina (238439 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 		ML 2.1 2016-10-05
09:21:33		 37.5977 14.9148 11 2017-04-21
21:07:23		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 44194701
Reviewed
Rev100 		Md 1.8 2016-10-05
09:21:33		 37.5818 14.9137 10 2016-10-05
09:30:17		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 29853881
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-10-05 09:21:33 ± 0.24
Latitude 37.5977 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.9148 ± 0.0204
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 44194701

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1810
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1200
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 278
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1810.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 179
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10702
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25091
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 44194701
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-04-21 21:07:23

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 29853881
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-10-05 09:30:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:43.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 7 24.9528 50 0.28 48
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:43.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 71 25.4523 50 0.06 50
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:39.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 25.4523 50 -0.09 100
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:39.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 26 11.877 132 -0.19 75
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:39.52 0.6 undecidable manual P 188 27.8499 50 0.03 50
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:38.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 7 24.9528 50 -0.45 70
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2016-10-05T09:21:37.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 26 11.877 132 0.39 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CLTB.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00014586707500000002 0.4224 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:46.56
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000687402 1.216 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:45.52
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00066172425 0.9152 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:43.36
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0009253837 0.4224 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:43.58
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00087468615 0.4416 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:44.00
IV.ESLN.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0014697029 0.2432 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:39.30
IV.ESLN.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0009530655500000001 0.1984 AML other m 2016-10-05T09:21:40.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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