Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.5 on date 17-03-2000 and time 08:45:57 (UTC) in region 1 km NW Bova (RC)

A magnitude Md 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Bova (RC), on

  • 17-03-2000 08:45:57 (UTC)
  • 17-03-2000 09:45:57 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0060, 15.9250 at 7 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
Bova RC 1 448 448
Roccaforte del Greco RC 5 476 924
Condofuri RC 6 5113 6037
San Lorenzo RC 8 2640 8677
Bova Marina RC 8 4235 12912
Bagaladi RC 9 1039 13951
Staiti RC 10 248 14199
Palizzi RC 11 2480 16679
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 14 1111 17790
Samo RC 14 809 18599
Ferruzzano RC 15 772 19371
Montebello Ionico RC 15 6214 25585
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 15 11355 36940
Brancaleone RC 16 3584 40524
Cardeto RC 16 1641 42165
Roghudi RC 17 1104 43269
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 17 592 43861
Caraffa del Bianco RC 17 539 44400
Casignana RC 18 759 45159
Africo RC 19 3075 48234
Motta San Giovanni RC 20 6208 54442
San Luca RC 20 3881 58323

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
27 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
39 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 2.5 2000-03-17
08:45:57
38.006 15.925 7 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 384409
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-03-17 08:45:57 ± 0.222
Latitude 38.0060 ± 0.0121
Longitude 15.9250 ± 0.0070
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 384409

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) 1476.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 212
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.00105
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00809
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 384409
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:01:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.GRI.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:15.18 10.0 undecidable manual PG 25 0.8991 -0.08 0.7
--.MSI.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:11.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.3552 0.37 0.1
--.SC9.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:08.63 10.0 undecidable manual SG 326 0.2997 -0.23 0.3
--.MO9.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:04.38 10.0 undecidable manual SG 268 0.1776 -0.08 0.6
--.MSI.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:04.85 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.3552 -0.14 1.1
--.SC9.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:03.97 10.0 positive manual PG 326 0.2997 0.09 2.8
--.MO9.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:01.23 10.0 undecidable manual PG 268 0.1776 -0.11 1.3
--.SOI.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:01.77 10.0 undecidable manual SG 56 0.1221 -0.58 0
--.SOI.Z. 2000-03-17T08:46:00.30 10.0 negative manual PG 56 0.1221 0.18 2
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