Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 20-01-2005 and time 02:06:02 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 20-01-2005 01:06:02 (UTC)
  • 20-01-2005 02:06:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1150, 14.9240 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Montagnareale ME 3 1615 1615
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4705
Librizzi ME 4 1660 6365
Patti ME 5 13431 19796
Raccuja ME 7 1041 20837
Gioiosa Marea ME 7 7074 27911
Sinagra ME 7 2705 30616
Piraino ME 8 3962 34578
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 37493
Ucria ME 8 1058 38551
Ficarra ME 8 1469 40020
Brolo ME 10 5783 45803
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 48931
Naso ME 12 3813 52744
Oliveri ME 12 2181 54925
Tortorici ME 13 6435 61360
Montalbano Elicona ME 13 2287 63647
Basicò ME 13 612 64259
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 65578
Falcone ME 14 2808 68386
Floresta ME 14 485 68871
Mirto ME 15 974 69845
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 72472
Frazzanò ME 16 711 73183
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 86437
Tripi ME 17 873 87310
Furnari ME 18 3784 91094
Longi ME 18 1473 92567
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 19 1531 94098
Capri Leone ME 19 4515 98613

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
60 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.1
2005-01-20
01:06:02
38.115 14.924 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 511089
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-01-20 01:06:02 ± 0.128
Latitude 38.1150 ± 0.0131
Longitude 14.9240 ± 0.0078
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 511089

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) 1614.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 16
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.00227
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00801
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 511089
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 01:10:10

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 511089
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
--.AGST.N. 2005-01-20T01:06:33.47 10.0 undecidable manual SG 164 0.888 0.43 0.4
--.GIB.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:27.28 10.0 undecidable manual SG 260 0.7104 -0.19 0.6
--.PLLN.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:24.46 10.0 undecidable manual SG 258 0.6216 -0.09 0.7
--.MTTG.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:24.34 10.0 undecidable manual SG 100 0.6216 -0.02 0.8
--.SCLL.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:24.68 10.0 undecidable manual SG 76 0.6327 -0.23 0.7
--.AGST.N. 2005-01-20T01:06:19.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 164 0.888 -0.51 0.9
--.SOI.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:19.63 10.0 undecidable manual PG 92 0.8769 -0.5 0.9
--.GMB.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:17.36 10.0 undecidable manual PG 85 0.7104 0.51 1.1
--.GIB.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:16.70 10.0 undecidable manual PG 260 0.7104 -0.23 1.5
--.CSLB.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:16.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 255 0.6993 -0.64 0.7
--.SCLL.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:15.45 10.0 undecidable manual PG 76 0.6327 0 1.9
--.MTTG.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:15.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 100 0.6216 -0.08 1.9
--.PLLN.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:14.83 10.0 undecidable manual PG 258 0.6216 -0.41 1.2
--.MNO.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:13.50 10.0 undecidable manual SG 224 0.2553 0.83 0.2
--.SLNA.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:12.74 10.0 undecidable manual PG 350 0.444 0.76 0.8
--.MNO.Z. 2005-01-20T01:06:09.11 10.0 positive manual PG 224 0.2553 0.73 1.6
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