Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 11-02-2000 and time 12:15:02 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 11-02-2000 11:15:02 (UTC)
  • 11-02-2000 12:15:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2920, 15.2540 at 24 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
Milazzo ME 8 31646 31646
Venetico ME 13 3911 35557
Spadafora ME 13 5021 40578
Pace del Mela ME 13 6239 46817
San Filippo del Mela ME 14 7115 53932
Merì ME 14 2338 56270
Torregrotta ME 14 7431 63701
CondrĂ² ME 14 493 64194
Valdina ME 15 1355 65549
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 15 1807 67356
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 68489
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 110072
Villafranca Tirrena ME 17 8584 118656
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 123306
San Pier Niceto ME 17 2837 126143
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 128920
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 136315
Saponara ME 19 3988 140303
Rometta ME 19 6650 146953

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.0
ML-VAX 2.1
2000-02-11
11:15:02
38.292 15.254 24 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 382359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-02-11 11:15:02 ± 0.48
Latitude 38.2920 ± 0.0478
Longitude 15.2540 ± 0.0146
Depth (km) 24 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 382359

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) 5463.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 224
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00324
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00599
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 382359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 22:59:13

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 382359
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. 2000-02-11T11:15:25.61 10.0 undecidable manual SN 109 0.666 -0.3 0.2
--.MNO.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:22.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 231 0.5661 -0.41 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:19.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 130 0.444 0.16 0.4
--.SC9.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:15.74 10.0 undecidable manual SG 95 0.3552 -0.98 0
--.SOI.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:15.93 10.0 positive manual PN 109 0.666 0.03 2.1
--.MNO.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:14.18 10.0 positive manual PG 231 0.5661 0.04 2.3
--.MO9.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:12.14 10.0 positive manual PG 130 0.444 0.05 2.4
--.SC9.Z. 2000-02-11T11:15:11.00 10.0 undecidable manual PG 95 0.3552 0.41 0.4
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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