Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 24-12-2005 and time 13:39:15 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Floresta (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Floresta (ME), on

  • 24-12-2005 12:39:15 (UTC)
  • 24-12-2005 13:39:15 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9660, 14.9370 at 34 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
Floresta ME 4 485 485
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 6 980 1465
Roccella Valdemone ME 7 666 2131
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 4418
Randazzo CT 10 10900 15318
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 18233
Ucria ME 10 1058 19291
Raccuja ME 10 1041 20332
Malvagna ME 12 733 21065
Tortorici ME 12 6435 27500
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 28217
Librizzi ME 15 1660 29877
Sinagra ME 15 2705 32582
Basicò ME 15 612 33194
Maniace CT 16 3765 36959
Maletto CT 16 3920 40879
Galati Mamertino ME 16 2627 43506
Tripi ME 17 873 44379
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 17 3090 47469
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 50597
Longi ME 18 1473 52070
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 53407
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 54726
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 19 3215 57941
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 59556
Ficarra ME 19 1469 61025
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 64970
Patti ME 20 13431 78401

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 2.1
ML 2.0
2005-12-24
12:39:15
37.966 14.937 34 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 545909
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2005-12-24 12:39:15 ± 0.23
Latitude 37.9660 ± 0.0162
Longitude 14.9370 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 34 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 545909

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1678
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 607
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 202
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2059.1
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 163
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.6
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.88583
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 545909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:31:39

Md:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 545909
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 10:31:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:46.68 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 68 89.6436 1.135 30
IV.CSLB.XHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:42.39 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 268 76.9674 0.415 43
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2005-12-24T12:39:37.32 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 56 59.7957 0.058 47
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:33.14 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 5 45.621 -0.454 34
IV.SOI.SHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:33.34 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 83 98.3238 -0.383 83
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:32.83 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 68 89.6436 0.292 85
IV.CSLB.XHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:30.46 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 268 76.9674 -0.07 90
.MMME.BHE. 2005-12-24T12:39:28.50 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 97 27.9498 -1.071 36
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2005-12-24T12:39:28.07 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 56 59.7957 0.187 92
IV.MNO.XHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:28.69 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 260 21.5673 0.297 24
MN.TRI.HHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:27.18 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:25.75 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 5 45.621 -0.073 97
IV.MNO.XHZ. 2005-12-24T12:39:23.07 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 260 21.5673 0.169 100
.MMME.BHE. 2005-12-24T12:39:23.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 97 27.9498 -0.164 98
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