Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 26-09-2003 and time 01:39:51 (UTC) in region 2 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Santa Domenica Vittoria (ME), on

  • 26-09-2003 01:39:51 (UTC)
  • 26-09-2003 03:39:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9340, 14.9540 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 2 980 980
Roccella Valdemone ME 5 666 1646
Randazzo CT 6 10900 12546
Floresta ME 7 485 13031
Malvagna ME 9 733 13764
Moio Alcantara ME 9 717 14481
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 16768
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 19683
Maletto CT 14 3920 23603
Ucria ME 14 1058 24661
Raccuja ME 14 1041 25702
Maniace CT 15 3765 29467
Tortorici ME 16 6435 35902
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 39117
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 16 3945 43062
Basicò ME 17 612 43674
Tripi ME 18 873 44547
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 45884
Librizzi ME 18 1660 47544
Sinagra ME 19 2705 50249
Bronte CT 19 19172 69421
Galati Mamertino ME 20 2627 72048
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 77451
Motta Camastra ME 20 845 78296

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.9
2003-09-26
01:39:51
37.934 14.954 5 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 486719
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2003-09-26 01:39:51 ± 0.108
Latitude 37.9340 ± 0.0086
Longitude 14.9540 ± 0.0070
Depth (km) 5 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 486719

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) 1141.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
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) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00526
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.01303
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 486719
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 00:44:08

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 486719
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
--.GIB.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:18.60 10.0 undecidable manual SG 274 0.7326 0.28 0.5
--.GRI.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:18.68 10.0 undecidable manual PN 51 1.443 0.51 0.7
--.AGST.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:17.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 162 0.7104 -0.08 0.8
--.CSLB.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:16.91 10.0 undecidable manual SG 270 0.6993 -0.02 0.8
--.SLNA.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:14.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 351 0.6327 -0.36 0.6
--.MTTG.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:13.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 82 0.5883 0.07 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:09.22 10.0 undecidable manual PG 80 0.8769 -0.11 1.8
--.CSLB.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:06.32 10.0 undecidable manual PG 270 0.6993 0.18 1.7
--.GIB.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:06.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG 274 0.7326 -0.01 2
--.AGST.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:05.71 10.0 undecidable manual PG 162 0.7104 -0.52 0.9
--.SLNA.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:04.60 10.0 undecidable manual PG 351 0.6327 -0.72 0.5
--.MTTG.Z. 2003-09-26T01:40:04.62 10.0 undecidable manual PG 82 0.5883 0.59 0.8
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