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Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.3 on date 05-08-1995 and time 17:04:34 (UTC) in region 5 km NE Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude Md 2.3 earthquake occured in region: 5 km NE Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 05-08-1995 17:04:34 (UTC)
  • 05-08-1995 19:04:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0490, 15.1770 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Novara di Sicilia ME 5 1337 1337
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 2868
Castroreale ME 6 2504 5372
Tripi ME 7 873 6245
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 7 1019 7264
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 9320
Furnari ME 8 3784 13104
Antillo ME 10 919 14023
Terme Vigliatore ME 10 7395 21418
Basicò ME 10 612 22030
Falcone ME 11 2808 24838
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 66421
Mandanici ME 13 601 67022
Oliveri ME 13 2181 69203
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 14 4650 73853
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 76140
Limina ME 15 836 76976
Merì ME 15 2338 79314
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 79511
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 86626
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 16 842 87468
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 17 3945 91413
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 92258
Pagliara ME 17 1170 93428
Savoca ME 18 1732 95160
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 96967
Malvagna ME 18 733 97700
Graniti ME 18 1492 99192
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 100601
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 101201
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 104116
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 110355
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 113570
Gallodoro ME 19 367 113937
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 114603
Condrò ME 19 493 115096
San Pier Niceto ME 20 2837 117933
Librizzi ME 20 1660 119593
Moio Alcantara ME 20 717 120310

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
61 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.7 		1995-08-05
17:04:34		 38.049 15.177 10 2013-07-15
08:41:04		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 230329
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 1995-08-05 17:04:34 ± 0.234
Latitude 38.0490 ± 0.0285
Longitude 15.1770 ± 0.0140
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-VAX
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 230329

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) 3395.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 156
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.5
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00219
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00809
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 230329
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-04 20:38:04

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 230329
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
--.GIB.Z. 1995-08-05T17:05:04.52 10.0 undecidable manual SG 266 0.8991 -1.19 0.1
--.CS9.Z. 1995-08-05T17:05:03.79 10.0 undecidable manual SG 263 0.8769 -0.97 0.2
--.SOI.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:58.14 10.0 undecidable manual SG 87 0.6882 -0.64 0.5
--.SA1.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:56.58 10.0 undecidable manual SG 332 0.5772 1.39 0.1
--.GIB.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:52.50 10.0 undecidable manual PG 266 0.8991 -0.09 1.5
--.CS9.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:51.67 10.0 undecidable manual PG 263 0.8769 -0.37 1.3
--.MNO.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:50.51 10.0 undecidable manual SG 253 0.3996 1.18 0.2
--.MO9.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:49.67 10.0 undecidable manual SG 96 0.3996 -0.08 0.8
--.SOI.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:49.86 10.0 undecidable manual PG 87 0.6882 1.27 0.3
--.SA1.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:46.15 10.0 undecidable manual PG 332 0.5772 -0.37 1.7
--.ATN.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:44.21 10.0 undecidable manual SG 64 0.2442 -0.4 0.7
--.MO9.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:43.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 96 0.3996 -0.3 1.8
--.MNO.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:43.80 10.0 undecidable manual PG 253 0.3996 0.67 1.2
--.ATN.Z. 1995-08-05T17:04:40.14 10.0 negative manual PG 64 0.2442 -0.27 3.6
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