Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 01-06-2005 and time 10:00:20 (UTC) in region 1 km SW Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 1 km SW Melilli (SR), on

  • 01-06-2005 10:00:20 (UTC)
  • 01-06-2005 12:00:20 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1740, 15.1190 at 11 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
Melilli SR 1 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 6 12091 25712
Sortino SR 8 8690 34402
Solarino SR 8 8091 42493
Floridia SR 11 22762 65255
Augusta SR 11 36305 101560
Carlentini SR 15 17798 119358
Canicattini Bagni SR 16 7109 126467
Lentini SR 16 24085 150552
Ferla SR 17 2523 153075
Cassaro SR 17 821 153896
Siracusa SR 20 122291 276187

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
37 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
49 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
78 Km E of Gela (75827 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 2.1
ML 2.3
2005-06-01
10:00:20
37.174 15.119 11 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 521629
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-06-01 10:00:20 ± 0.33
Latitude 37.1740 ± 0.0099
Longitude 15.1190 ± 0.0203
Depth (km) 11 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 521629

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1924
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 883
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 356
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2109.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 160
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.21404
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.6
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 521629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:06:45

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 521629
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:06:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.STR4.EHN. 2005-06-01T10:00:44.31 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2005-06-01T10:00:29.79 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 179 23.754 -0.081 36
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:27.76 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:26.98 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 46 13.2756 0.17 48
IV.HAVL.BHN. 2005-06-01T10:00:25.98 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 179 23.754 0.074 73
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:24.77 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 246 4.3956 -0.102 50
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:23.99 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 46 13.2756 -0.199 72
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:23.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 246 4.3956 0.093 100
IV.FAVR.SHZ. 2005-06-01T10:00:23.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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