Earthquake with magnitude of Md 3.3 on date 20-01-2000 and time 16:55:00 (Italy) in region Libya [Sea]

A magnitude Md 3.3 earthquake occured in region: Libya [Sea], on

  • 20-01-2000 15:55:00 (UTC)
  • 20-01-2000 16:55:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time
  • 20-01-2000 17:55:00 (UTC +02:00) local time in the region of the earthquake (Africa/Tripoli)

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.3090, 14.1010 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 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 3.3
ML-VAX 3.4
2000-01-20
15:55:00
34.309 14.101 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 380399
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-01-20 15:55:00 ± 1.248
Latitude 34.3090 ± 0.0836
Longitude 14.1010 ± 0.1213
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 380399

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) 14508.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 325
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.02542
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.03667
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:3.3

Field Value
Value 3.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 380399
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:57:21

ML:3.4

Field Value
Value 3.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 380399
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
--.SOI.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:50.18 10.0 undecidable manual SN 22 4.0737 0.63 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:40.45 10.0 undecidable manual SN 359 3.6741 0.39 0.6
--.CS9.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:39.99 10.0 undecidable manual SN 0 3.6186 1.18 0.2
--.MEU.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:18.74 10.0 undecidable manual SN 12 2.8527 -1.89 0
--.SOI.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:03.78 10.0 undecidable manual PN 22 4.0737 0.21 1.5
--.MO9.Z. 2000-01-20T15:56:02.39 10.0 undecidable manual PN 19 3.8961 1.17 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:57.71 10.0 undecidable manual PN 7 3.6519 -0.02 1.6
--.GIB.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:57.35 10.0 negative manual PN 359 3.6741 -0.73 2.1
--.CS9.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:56.43 10.0 undecidable manual PN 0 3.6186 -0.93 0.8
--.CLTB.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:54.74 10.0 undecidable manual PN 348 3.33 1.24 0.5
--.AU9.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:49.39 10.0 undecidable manual PN 17 3.0747 -0.46 1.4
--.MEU.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:46.98 10.0 undecidable manual PN 12 2.8527 0.11 1.6
--.PZI.Z. 2000-01-20T15:55:46.42 10.0 undecidable manual PN 14 2.8194 0 1.7
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