Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.9 on date 25-01-2023 and time 12:57:05 (Italy) in region Malta [Sea]

A magnitude ML 2.9 earthquake occured in region: Malta [Sea], on

  • 25-01-2023 11:57:05 (UTC)
  • 25-01-2023 12:57:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.8900, 14.2440 at 16 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 2.9 2023-01-25
11:57:05
34.8895 14.2445 16 2024-03-01
17:18:01
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 115857261
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 2.9 2023-01-25
11:57:03
34.7732 14.161 23 2023-01-25
12:10:00
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 113778731
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-01-25 11:57:05 ± 0.47
Latitude 34.8895 ± 0.0180
Longitude 14.2445 ± 0.0417
Depth (km) 16 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115857261

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3767
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1270
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 285
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3770.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 317
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 40
Number of defining phases 40
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) 1.02972
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 3.53433
Number of stations at which the event was observed 36
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 36
Magnitudes information

ML:2.9

Field Value
Value 2.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 34
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113778731
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-25 12:10:00

ML:2.9

Field Value
Value 2.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 24
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115857261
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-08-22 13:48:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:58:12.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 2 259.0407 54 0.82 25
IV.CROCE.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:58:02.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 7 217.116 54 -0.57 38
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:58:00.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 392.3073 54 0.28 27
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:58:00.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 390.9087 54 0.57 25
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:58.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 24 374.4474 54 0.22 27
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:58.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 374.5473 54 0.33 27
IY.CNDF.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:58.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 374.1477 54 0.54 25
IV.SOLUN.HHE. 2023-01-25T11:57:56.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 360.861 54 -0.43 27
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:56.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 354.2787 54 0.52 26
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:56.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 350.1828 54 1.01 21
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:56.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 359.5734 54 0.38 27
IV.MBFT.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:55.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 342 358.1748 54 -1.06 21
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:55.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 14 353.0799 54 0.29 28
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:55.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 357 344.4996 54 0.57 26
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:54.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 357 338.5056 54 0.52 27
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:54.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 343.8003 54 -0.1 29
IV.MARIO.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:54.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 348 347.5854 54 -0.67 17
IV.CIMI.HNE. 2023-01-25T11:57:53.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 337.3068 54 0.34 28
IV.CRJA.HNZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:53.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 341 341.5026 54 -0.72 25
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:52.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 320.235 54 0.76 25
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:51.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 5 314.2521 54 1.14 21
IV.MCT.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:50.96 0.3 undecidable manual P 350 308.0583 54 1.03 22
IV.CMDO.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:48.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 353 288.0894 54 1.4 21
IV.CPTP.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:47.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 359 279.4092 54 0.87 30
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:45.35 0.3 undecidable manual P 11 278.5101 54 -0.9 30
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:45.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 274.7139 54 -0.5 37
IV.HSRS.HNN. 2023-01-25T11:57:44.08 0.6 undecidable manual P 19 259.6401 54 0.17 31
IV.HVZN.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:44.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 9 257.3535 54 0.48 44
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:43.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 16 262.3374 54 -0.54 27
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:43.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 2 259.0407 54 -0.43 44
IV.CLTA.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:42.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 354 252.9579 54 -0.26 48
ML.XLND.HHE. 2023-01-25T11:57:41.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 359 126.7731 93 -0.16 63
IV.HAVL.HHN. 2023-01-25T11:57:41.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 19 242.7792 54 -0.14 53
IV.HMDC.HNN. 2023-01-25T11:57:40.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 12 234.5874 54 -0.24 55
IV.HVIT.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:39.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 234.5874 54 -1.01 42
ML.MSDA.BHE. 2023-01-25T11:57:38.50 0.3 undecidable manual S 11 114.2967 93 0.07 100
IV.HPAC.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:37.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 19 214.0191 54 -0.4 61
IV.CROCE.HHZ. 2023-01-25T11:57:37.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 7 217.116 54 -1 47
ML.XLND.HHE. 2023-01-25T11:57:26.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 359 126.7731 93 -0.05 97
ML.MSDA.BHE. 2023-01-25T11:57:24.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 11 114.2967 93 0.1 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CROCE.HHN. ML:2.7 0.00012260213 0.9984 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:45.08
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:3.4 0.00045415445 0.9792 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:53.17
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:3.8 0.001234137 0.4224 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:53.82
IV.HVZN.HHN. ML:3.1 0.000236 0.4 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:53.65
IV.CROCE.HHE. ML:2.4 0.000057877684999999995 0.3968 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:54.29
IV.HCRL.HHN. ML:2.9 0.00010838934999999999 0.2816 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:56.00
IV.HVZN.HHE. ML:3.1 0.000238 0.52 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:57:56.14
IV.HCRL.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0001597289 1.4208 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:02.00
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.7 0.0000799 1.14 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:02.15
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:2.7 0.000071916845 0.7168 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:02.38
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:3.2 0.000177 0.56 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:07.72
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:3.2 0.0001805 0.72 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:09.76
IV.RAFF.HHE. ML:2.7 0.00009219839500000001 1.9584 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:11.59
IV.RAFF.HHN. ML:2.7 0.000095506895 3.2192 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:10.54
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:3.1 0.0001171556 2.24 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:13.17
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:3.1 0.0001204946 4.8832 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:15.78
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:2.5 0.000028175505 40.8192 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:13.43
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.7 0.000045685475 3.2192 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:16.23
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:2.9 0.000060352219999999996 1.9776 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:18.78
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00003361169 1.7984 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:20.46
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:3.0 0.00007282620000000001 2.1568 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:20.35
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.9 0.00005763357500000001 9.6192 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:22.44
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:3.0 0.0000736595 2.1184 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:25.05
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00003695187 26.5984 AML other m 2023-01-25T11:58:11.96
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