Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.4 on date 16-10-2002 and time 11:56:16 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-10-2002 09:56:16 (UTC)
  • 16-10-2002 11:56:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3500, 14.6950 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

An earthquake occurred to
77 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
92 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km NW 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 2.4
ML-VAX 2.0
2002-10-16
09:56:16
38.35 14.695 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 454949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-10-16 09:56:16 ± 0.256
Latitude 38.3500 ± 0.0166
Longitude 14.6950 ± 0.0208
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 454949

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) 2592.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 151
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00210
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00988
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 454949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:10:39

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 454949
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. 2002-10-16T09:56:54.74 10.0 undecidable manual SN 104 1.0989 0.48 0.4
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:46.42 10.0 undecidable manual SG 113 0.8547 -0.32 0.6
--.GIB.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:40.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 235 0.6327 0.57 0.4
--.SOI.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:37.10 10.0 undecidable manual PN 104 1.0989 -1.15 0.2
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:34.56 10.0 undecidable manual PG 113 0.8547 0.74 0.8
--.GIB.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:29.20 10.0 undecidable manual PG 235 0.6327 -0.44 1.3
--.SLNA.Z. 2002-10-16T09:56:21.57 10.0 negative manual PG 27 0.2331 0.05 3.3
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