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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 27-05-2011 and time 08:29:23 (UTC) in region 3 km NE Palizzi (RC)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km NE Palizzi (RC), on

  • 27-05-2011 08:29:23 (UTC)
  • 27-05-2011 10:29:23 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9470, 15.9970 at 36 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Palizzi RC 3 2480 2480
Staiti RC 7 248 2728
Bova Marina RC 7 4235 6963
Bova RC 8 448 7411
Brancaleone RC 10 3584 10995
Bruzzano Zeffirio RC 11 1111 12106
Ferruzzano RC 13 772 12878
Condofuri RC 14 5113 17991
Roccaforte del Greco RC 14 476 18467
Samo RC 15 809 19276
San Lorenzo RC 16 2640 21916
Africo RC 17 3075 24991
Bagaladi RC 18 1039 26030
Caraffa del Bianco RC 18 539 26569
Sant'Agata del Bianco RC 18 592 27161
Melito di Porto Salvo RC 19 11355 38516
Casignana RC 19 759 39275

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
36 Km SE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
47 Km SE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
82 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Catania (314555 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 		Md 2.0
ML 2.0 		2011-05-27
08:29:23		 37.947 15.997 36 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1222849
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-05-27 08:29:23 ± 0.31
Latitude 37.9470 ± 0.0234
Longitude 15.9970 ± 0.0194
Depth (km) 36 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1222849

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2655
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1717
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 172
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3106.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 241
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.58
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.68348
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1222849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:59:40

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1222849
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:59:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2011-05-27T08:30:03.98 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2011-05-27T08:29:47.00 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 299 75.8685 0.075 43
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2011-05-27T08:29:46.46 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 34 67.6767 1.421 25
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:46.57 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 352 73.8705 0.092 43
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:44.18 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 292 60.495 0.887 35
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:42.22 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 310 55.3002 0.153 44
IV.CMPO.HHN. 2011-05-27T08:29:38.54 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:36.37 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 352 73.8705 -0.211 85
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2011-05-27T08:29:36.87 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 299 75.8685 0.031 65
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2011-05-27T08:29:36.11 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 34 67.6767 0.36 82
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:34.05 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 310 55.3002 0.017 68
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:34.77 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 292 60.495 0.028 67
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:33.80 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 20 14.874 -0.663 63
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:33.69 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 51 1.0989 0.061 74
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:31.26 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 330 36.4413 -0.388 87
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:29.16 0.1 negative manual Pg 51 1.0989 -0.001 100
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:29.34 0.1 negative manual Pg 20 14.874 -0.304 92
IV.CMPO.HHN. 2011-05-27T08:29:27.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.FSSB.HHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:26.71 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2011-05-27T08:29:20.76 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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