Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 16-05-2003 and time 02:58:38 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 16-05-2003 00:58:38 (UTC)
  • 16-05-2003 02:58:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6580, 15.5670 at 21 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
52 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
74 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
93 Km SW of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
93 Km W of Catanzaro (90612 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 1.9
2003-05-16
00:58:38
38.658 15.567 21 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 477739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2003-05-16 00:58:38 ± 0.237
Latitude 38.6580 ± 0.0237
Longitude 15.5670 ± 0.0244
Depth (km) 21 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 477739

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) 3381.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 93
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) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00372
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01716
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:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 477739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:34:42

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 477739
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
--.MGR.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:23.12 10.0 undecidable manual SN 359 1.4763 1.26 0.1
--.TDS.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:14.30 10.0 undecidable manual SN 30 1.1544 -0.4 0.6
--.SGO.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:09.35 10.0 undecidable manual PN 354 1.9092 -0.08 1.2
--.SOI.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:03.64 10.0 undecidable manual SG 146 0.6882 0.59 0.5
--.MGR.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:03.21 10.0 undecidable manual PN 359 1.4763 -0.29 1.3
--.MTTG.Z. 2003-05-16T00:59:02.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 170 0.6549 0.22 0.7
--.TDS.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:59.70 10.0 undecidable manual PN 30 1.1544 -0.14 1.6
--.MSI.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:56.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 181 0.444 0.77 0.4
--.GRI.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:52.84 10.0 undecidable manual PG 75 0.6882 0.44 1.6
--.SOI.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:51.44 10.0 undecidable manual PG 146 0.6882 -1.2 0.5
--.MTTG.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:50.48 10.0 undecidable manual PG 170 0.6549 -1.52 0.2
--.SLNA.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:50.51 10.0 undecidable manual PG 260 0.5772 0.01 1.9
--.SCLL.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:48.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 163 0.4107 0.59 1.4
--.MSI.Z. 2003-05-16T00:58:48.90 10.0 undecidable manual PG 181 0.444 -0.16 1.9
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