Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.2 on date 09-07-2010 and time 02:19:25 (Italy) in region Malta [Sea]

A magnitude ML 3.2 earthquake occured in region: Malta [Sea], on

  • 09-07-2010 00:19:25 (UTC)
  • 09-07-2010 02:19:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.9170, 14.1220 at 21 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

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 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 3.2 2010-07-09
00:19:25
34.917 14.122 21 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1079519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-07-09 00:19:25 ± 0.7
Latitude 34.9170 ± 0.0540
Longitude 14.1220 ± 0.0965
Depth (km) 21 ± 4 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1079519

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 9697
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4232
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 118
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 10650.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 333
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) 0.65
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 3.15032
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitude information

ML:3.2

Field Value
Value 3.2
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1079519
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 20:50:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:35.23 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 14 277.9107 -0.478 25
IV.CDCA.EHE. 2010-07-09T00:20:23.78 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMME.HHN. 2010-07-09T00:20:15.57 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 16 349.6833 0.412 28
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:14.09 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 359 341.0031 0.015 30
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:14.84 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 0 341.103 0.744 25
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:13.13 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 359 335.0091 -0.21 29
IV.GALF.HHN. 2010-07-09T00:20:11.08 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 7 312.354 0.561 28
IV.ALJA.HHN. 2010-07-09T00:20:10.65 0.6 undecidable manual Pn 354 315.8505 -0.297 20
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:06.99 0.6 undecidable manual Pn 21 277.7109 0.783 22
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2010-07-09T00:20:04.96 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 14 277.9107 -1.269 26
IV.SSY.HHN. 2010-07-09T00:20:04.60 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 19 262.737 0.257 45
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2010-07-09T00:20:01.80 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 21 243.6672 -0.169 54
MN.WDD.HHZ. 2010-07-09T00:19:57.64 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 20 108.3138 0.163 66
MN.WDD.HHZ. 2010-07-09T00:19:43.94 0.3 undecidable manual Pn 20 108.3138 -0.216 100
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