Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 29-08-2010 and time 05:58:04 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

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

  • 29-08-2010 03:58:04 (UTC)
  • 29-08-2010 05:58:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3960, 15.2460 at 135 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
Milazzo ME 19 31646 31646

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
35 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Catania (314555 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
ML 2.4 2010-08-29
03:58:04
38.396 15.246 135 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1103669
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-08-29 03:58:04 ± 0.35
Latitude 38.3960 ± 0.0234
Longitude 15.2460 ± 0.0264
Depth (km) 135 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1103669

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2256
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2067
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 163
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3471.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 173
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) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.63497
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1103669
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 21:21:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:44.06 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 86 103.7184 -0.011 43
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:39.46 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 138 58.7967 0.694 40
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2010-08-29T03:58:35.62 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 185 13.875 -0.465 69
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:34.69 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 48 181.485 0.152 65
CL.LADO.HHN. 2010-08-29T03:58:34.00 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 56 179.2872 -0.305 48
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:32.10 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 56 157.0206 0.064 75
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:30.87 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 60 143.6451 0.14 77
IV.AGST.EHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:28.84 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 181 126.3735 -0.288 58
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:27.19 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 65 112.1988 -0.694 53
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:27.24 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 86 103.7184 0.053 85
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:25.36 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 117 78.9654 0.016 90
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:24.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 138 58.7967 0.345 88
IV.STR3.BHN. 2010-08-29T03:58:24.08 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 358 44.622 0.636 61
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2010-08-29T03:58:23.94 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 67 60.1953 -0.259 67
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2010-08-29T03:58:22.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 185 13.875 -0.107 100
IV.GUMA.HHN. 2010-08-29T03:58:06.03 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CAFE.HHZ. 2010-08-29T03:58:01.55 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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