Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 27-11-2009 and time 04:06:55 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 27-11-2009 03:06:55 (UTC)
  • 27-11-2009 04:06:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4900, 15.2460 at 157 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
98 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.4 2009-11-27
03:06:55
38.49 15.246 157 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 994949
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-11-27 03:06:55 ± 0.25
Latitude 38.4900 ± 0.0198
Longitude 15.2460 ± 0.0253
Depth (km) 157 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 994949

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2589
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1347
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 140
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3111.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 169
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.57381
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 994949
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:03:26
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:37.56 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 132 89.1441 0.025 46
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:36.95 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 123 84.249 -0.041 46
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:34.60 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 114 61.8936 -0.235 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:33.05 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 138 33.9438 0.081 50
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:32.81 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 183 24.3534 0.244 50
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:27.01 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 50 174.6918 0.094 71
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2009-11-27T03:07:26.32 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 184 170.0964 -0.16 54
MN.AQU.HHE. 2009-11-27T03:07:26.22 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:24.69 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 59 151.4373 -0.042 80
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:20.11 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 132 89.1441 0.309 65
IV.MTTG.HHN. 2009-11-27T03:07:19.09 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 144 66.9774 0.591 63
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:19.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 123 84.249 -0.087 92
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:18.16 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 61.8936 -0.082 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:17.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 241 26.3514 0.176 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:16.86 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 138 33.9438 -0.305 96
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:16.63 0.1 negative manual Pg 183 24.3534 -0.303 98
IV.OC9.EHZ. 2009-11-27T03:07:06.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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