Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 02-11-2005 and time 05:25:00 (UTC) in region 2 km N Augusta (SR)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Augusta (SR), on

  • 02-11-2005 05:25:00 (UTC)
  • 02-11-2005 06:25:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.2540, 15.2230 at 19 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
Augusta SR 3 36305 36305
Priolo Gargallo SR 11 12091 48396
Melilli SR 12 13621 62017
Carlentini SR 19 17798 79815
Solarino SR 19 8091 87906
Sortino SR 20 8690 96596
Floridia SR 20 22762 119358

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
22 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
30 Km SE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
40 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
60 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
70 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
89 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 2.0
ML 2.0
2005-11-02
05:25:00
37.254 15.223 19 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 539509
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-11-02 05:25:00 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.2540 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.2230 ± 0.0056
Depth (km) 19 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 539509

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 519
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 464
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 221
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 175
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00450
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.30487
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 539509
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:25:07

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 539509
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:25:07
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:13.15 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 195 33.8439 0.037 47
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:08.87 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 231 16.9719 0.02 49
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:07.57 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 195 33.8439 -0.034 95
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:06.68 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 46 0.4995 -0.056 50
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:05.19 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 231 16.9719 -0.019 98
IV.AGST.SHZ. 2005-11-02T05:25:04.07 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 46 0.4995 0.049 100
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