Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 07-09-2008 and time 07:34:11 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 07-09-2008 07:34:11 (UTC)
  • 07-09-2008 09:34:11 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3960, 15.3590 at 121 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 19 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 19 5021 13605
Venetico ME 20 3911 17516

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Acireale (52622 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 2.0
ML 2.0
2008-09-07
07:34:11
38.396 15.359 121 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 715559
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-09-07 07:34:11 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.3960 ± 0.0207
Longitude 15.3590 ± 0.0218
Depth (km) 121 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 715559

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2503
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1234
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 211
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2983.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 204
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15918
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.67449
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 715559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:32:41

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 715559
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:32:41
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:45.55 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 131 74.8695 -0.05 90
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:45.66 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 120 70.374 0.596 40
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:42.64 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 108 48.9177 -0.221 68
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2008-09-07T07:34:40.95 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 219 17.6712 0.014 75
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:31.04 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 120 70.374 0.027 91
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:31.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 131 74.8695 -0.011 91
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:29.64 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 108 48.9177 -0.099 94
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2008-09-07T07:34:29.95 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 63 51.4152 0.083 93
I1.MSCL.BHZ. 2008-09-07T07:34:29.29 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 41.7249 -0.108 95
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2008-09-07T07:34:28.66 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 219 17.6712 0.032 100
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