Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.0 on date 24-12-2002 and time 23:13:23 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 24-12-2002 22:13:23 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2002 23:13:23 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8590, 15.6000 at 27 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
Roghudi RC 16 1104 1104
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 18 11355 12459
Motta San Giovanni RC 18 6208 18667
Montebello Ionico RC 20 6214 24881

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
38 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2002-12-24
22:13:23
37.859 15.6 27 2013-07-15
08:40:51
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 465459
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2002-12-24 22:13:23 ± 0.156
Latitude 37.8590 ± 0.0266
Longitude 15.6000 ± 0.0239
Depth (km) 27 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 465459

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) 3631.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 166
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00146
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
Magnitude information

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 465459
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:21:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
--.AGST.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:46.80 10.0 undecidable manual SN 206 0.666 -0.45 0.3
--.SCLL.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:40.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 12 0.3996 0.52 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:39.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 59 0.4107 -0.25 0.7
--.AGST.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:37.00 10.0 undecidable manual PN 206 0.666 0.24 1.3
--.SOI.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:33.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 59 0.4107 0.12 2.2
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:33.16 10.0 undecidable manual SG 28 0.1665 -0.38 0.5
--.SCLL.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:32.35 10.0 undecidable manual PG 12 0.3996 -0.43 0.9
--.MTTG.Z. 2002-12-24T22:13:29.43 10.0 undecidable manual PG 28 0.1665 0.17 2
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