Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 23-12-2005 and time 07:02:42 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 23-12-2005 06:02:42 (UTC)
  • 23-12-2005 07:02:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2020, 14.8430 at 101 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
Piraino ME 5 3962 3962
Brolo ME 5 5783 9745
Gioiosa Marea ME 6 7074 16819
Capo d'Orlando ME 10 13254 30073
Naso ME 10 3813 33886
Ficarra ME 10 1469 35355
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 10 3090 38445
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 40060
Patti ME 13 13431 53491
Sinagra ME 13 2705 56196
Castell'Umberto ME 13 3128 59324
Mirto ME 15 974 60298
Librizzi ME 15 1660 61958
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 16 1319 63277
Capri Leone ME 16 4515 67792
Frazzanò ME 17 711 68503
Raccuja ME 17 1041 69544
Ucria ME 18 1058 70602
Torrenova ME 19 4386 74988
Tortorici ME 19 6435 81423
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 19 1996 83419
Galati Mamertino ME 20 2627 86046
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 88961

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
71 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
81 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 2.5
ML 2.4
2005-12-23
06:02:42
38.202 14.843 101 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 545649
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-12-23 06:02:42 ± 0.47
Latitude 38.2020 ± 0.0306
Longitude 14.8430 ± 0.0217
Depth (km) 101 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 545649

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3666
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 232
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 336
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3894.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.37956
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 545649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:31:23

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 545649
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:31:23
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:25.99 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 78 141.4473 -0.384 41
IV.SOI.EHE. 2005-12-23T06:03:19.72 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 97 106.6155 -0.224 45
MN.CEL.HHE. 2005-12-23T06:03:17.40 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 86 91.7415 -0.038 49
IV.GRI.SHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:09.00 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 63 153.1356 0.442 39
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:07.06 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 78 141.4473 -0.22 85
IV.PZI.SHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:05.79 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 176 127.3725 0.016 91
IV.SOI.EHE. 2005-12-23T06:03:03.69 0.1 positive manual Pg 97 106.6155 0.021 95
IV.FAGN.EHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:03.85 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHE. 2005-12-23T06:03:02.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 86 91.7415 -0.111 96
IV.MTTG.SHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:01.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 106 77.9664 0.761 82
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:00.88 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 252 75.0693 0.068 100
IV.CSLB.XHZ. 2005-12-23T06:03:00.45 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 247 74.5698 -0.323 95
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