Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 10-01-2005 and time 19:50:46 (Italy) in region 3 km NW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 10-01-2005 18:50:46 (UTC)
  • 10-01-2005 19:50:46 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1620, 15.1890 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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 3 41583 41583
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 48978
Merì ME 5 2338 51316
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 53372
Castroreale ME 7 2504 55876
San Filippo del Mela ME 7 7115 62991
Milazzo ME 8 31646 94637
Furnari ME 8 3784 98421
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 9 4650 103071
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 104602
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 110841
Falcone ME 11 2808 113649
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 11 1807 115456
Oliveri ME 12 2181 117637
Condrò ME 12 493 118130
San Pier Niceto ME 14 2837 120967
Tripi ME 15 873 121840
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 129271
Basicò ME 16 612 129883
Valdina ME 16 1355 131238
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 132371
Venetico ME 17 3911 136282
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 137619
Monforte San Giorgio ME 17 2777 140396
Spadafora ME 18 5021 145417
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 20 1019 146436
Patti ME 20 13431 159867
Rometta ME 20 6650 166517

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N 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 2.3
ML-VAX 1.8
2005-01-10
18:50:46
38.162 15.189 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 510739
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-01-10 18:50:46 ± 0.105
Latitude 38.1620 ± 0.0113
Longitude 15.1890 ± 0.0071
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 510739

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) 1402.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 147
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) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00380
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00753
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 510739
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 01:09:47

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 510739
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
--.MTTG.Z. 2005-01-10T18:51:03.10 10.0 undecidable manual SG 111 0.4329 0.29 0.3
--.PLLN.Z. 2005-01-10T18:51:03.47 10.0 undecidable manual PG 258 0.8325 -0.14 1
--.SCLL.Z. 2005-01-10T18:51:02.45 10.0 undecidable manual SG 77 0.4218 -0.01 0.6
--.SOI.Z. 2005-01-10T18:51:00.33 10.0 undecidable manual PG 97 0.6882 -0.43 0.3
--.SLNA.Z. 2005-01-10T18:50:57.24 10.0 undecidable manual PG 325 0.4773 0.2 1.1
--.MTTG.Z. 2005-01-10T18:50:56.24 10.0 positive manual PG 111 0.4329 0.19 2.3
--.SCLL.Z. 2005-01-10T18:50:55.75 10.0 undecidable manual PG 77 0.4218 -0.15 1.3
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