Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 06-12-2005 and time 03:23:15 (UTC) in region 4 km E Castelbuono (PA)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 4 km E Castelbuono (PA), on

  • 06-12-2005 03:23:15 (UTC)
  • 06-12-2005 04:23:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9260, 14.1370 at 4 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
Castelbuono PA 4 8943 8943
San Mauro Castelverde PA 5 1701 10644
Geraci Siculo PA 8 1945 12589
Pollina PA 8 2974 15563
Tusa ME 11 2925 18488
Isnello PA 12 1589 20077
Petralia Sottana PA 14 2821 22898
Pettineo ME 14 1350 24248
Petralia Soprana PA 15 3360 27608
Gratteri PA 15 963 28571
Gangi PA 15 6811 35382
Castel di Lucio ME 16 1294 36676
Motta d'Affermo ME 16 739 37415
Cefalù PA 16 14393 51808
Polizzi Generosa PA 17 3407 55215
Collesano PA 17 4054 59269
Castellana Sicula PA 18 3411 62680
Reitano ME 19 806 63486
Lascari PA 19 3588 67074
Mistretta ME 20 4791 71865
Blufi PA 20 1029 72894
Bompietro PA 20 1401 74295

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km N of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
57 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
71 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
96 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
97 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 2.2
ML 2.0
2005-12-06
03:23:15
37.926 14.137 4 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 543119
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-12-06 03:23:15 ± 0.23
Latitude 37.9260 ± 0.0090
Longitude 14.1370 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 4 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 543119

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 966
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 640
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 214
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1220.7
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 276
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.10882
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
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 543119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:28:48

Md:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 543119
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:28:48
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CLTB.SHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:34.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:19.88 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 306 12.0768 0.07 49
IV.CSLB.EHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:18.22 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 280 7.0929 0.068 50
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:18.11 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 4 7.3815 -0.14 49
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:17.10 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 4 7.3815 0.124 99
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:17.79 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 306 12.0768 -0.062 99
IV.CSLB.EHZ. 2005-12-06T03:23:16.86 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 280 7.0929 -0.061 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
Download
Type Description Link
QuakeML - small Event, Origin, FocalMechanism Download
QuakeML - full Event, Origin, FocalMechanism, Amplitude, Arrival, Pick, Station Magnitude Download