Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 05-05-2000 and time 20:07:53 (UTC) in region 4 km E Nicosia (EN)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Nicosia (EN), on

  • 05-05-2000 20:07:53 (UTC)
  • 05-05-2000 22:07:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7650, 14.4390 at 10 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
Nicosia EN 4 13899 13899
Sperlinga EN 8 805 14704
Cerami EN 8 2006 16710
Capizzi ME 10 3176 19886
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 10 3593 23479
Nissoria EN 12 3000 26479
Agira EN 14 8345 34824
Troina EN 14 9373 44197
Leonforte EN 15 13439 57636
Assoro EN 15 5191 62827
Castel di Lucio ME 18 1294 64121
Mistretta ME 20 4791 68912

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
66 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
79 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
91 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Ragusa (73313 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 1.7
2000-05-05
20:07:53
37.765 14.439 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 390169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2000-05-05 20:07:53 ± 0.172
Latitude 37.7650 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.4390 ± 0.0152
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 390169

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) 1792.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00235
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00769
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 390169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 23:06:48

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 390169
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
--.SA1.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:22.43 10.0 undecidable manual SG 21 0.8547 -0.52 0.4
--.PZI.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:21.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 150 0.8103 -0.29 0.6
--.MEU.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:19.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 154 0.7215 0.71 0.3
--.SA1.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:11.10 10.0 undecidable manual PG 21 0.8547 0.55 0.9
--.PZI.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:10.13 10.0 undecidable manual PG 150 0.8103 0.3 1.4
--.GIB.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:09.30 10.0 undecidable manual SG 304 0.3885 0.83 0.2
--.MEU.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:07.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 154 0.7215 -0.33 1.5
--.CS9.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:06.85 10.0 undecidable manual SG 300 0.333 0.5 0.5
--.MNO.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:04.83 10.0 undecidable manual SG 50 0.2553 0.89 0.2
--.GIB.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:01.28 10.0 undecidable manual PG 304 0.3885 -0.76 0.7
--.CS9.Z. 2000-05-05T20:08:00.96 10.0 undecidable manual PG 300 0.333 -0.01 2.1
--.MNO.Z. 2000-05-05T20:07:59.24 10.0 positive manual PG 50 0.2553 -0.33 3.4
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