Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 09-12-2016 and time 13:36:59 (UTC) in region 2 km W Longi (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Longi (ME), on

  • 09-12-2016 13:36:59 (UTC)
  • 09-12-2016 14:36:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0300, 14.7330 at 9 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
Longi ME 2 1473 1473
Alcara li Fusi ME 3 1980 3453
Galati Mamertino ME 3 2627 6080
Frazzanò ME 5 711 6791
Militello Rosmarino ME 5 1324 8115
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 6 1996 10111
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 6 1319 11430
Mirto ME 7 974 12404
Tortorici ME 8 6435 18839
Torrenova ME 8 4386 23225
Castell'Umberto ME 9 3128 26353
Capri Leone ME 9 4515 30868
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 10 12624 43492
Naso ME 11 3813 47305
Sinagra ME 12 2705 50010
San Fratello ME 12 3707 53717
Ficarra ME 12 1469 55186
Acquedolci ME 13 5744 60930
Ucria ME 13 1058 61988
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 75242
Raccuja ME 16 1041 76283
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 16 3090 79373
Floresta ME 16 485 79858
Brolo ME 17 5783 85641
Piraino ME 19 3962 89603
Maniace CT 20 3765 93368

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
74 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
80 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.0 2016-12-09
13:36:59
38.0302 14.7332 9 2017-05-16
07:36:43
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 45372551
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.4 2016-12-09
13:36:59
38.0257 14.7342 9 2016-12-09
13:43:21
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 36156051
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-12-09 13:36:59 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.0302 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.7332 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 45372551

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 743
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 707
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 228
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 35
Number of defining phases 16
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) 0.65291
Number of stations at which the event was observed 29
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 45372551
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-05-16 07:36:43

Md:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 36156051
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-12-09 13:43:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:14.65 0.3 undecidable manual S 29 44.0226 50 0.08 71
IV.CPGN.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:14.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 10.83 0
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2016-12-09T13:37:12.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 69 72.4719 50 -0.54 61
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:11.86 0.3 undecidable manual S 90 35.2425 50 -0.37 68
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:10.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 58.2972 50 -0.23 69
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:09.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 51.7038 50 0.28 66
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:09.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 49.8168 50 0.41 66
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:08.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 29 44.0226 50 0.33 90
IV.NDIM.HNZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:08.97 3.0 positive manual Pg 13.38 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:08.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 98 44.2224 50 -0.16 94
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:07.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 38.3283 50 -0.11 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:06.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 35.2425 50 -0.2 94
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:06.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 29.9478 106 0.43 91
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:05.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 155 25.2525 109 0.35 94
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:04.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 272 12.3765 126 -0.25 72
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:04.94 0.3 undecidable manual S 197 11.4774 128 0.04 77
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:03.04 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 4.56 0
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:02.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 11.4774 128 -0.07 100
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:37:02.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 12.3765 126 -0.09 100
IV.LAV9.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:59.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.37 0
SL.LJU.BHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:58.27 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 2.52 0
IV.CSNT.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:52.51 3.0 negative manual Pg 10.67 0
IV.MRB1.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:43.99 3.0 undecidable manual S -2.8 0
IV.T1219.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:40.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -3.22 0
IV.MAON.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:38.19 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.64 0
IV.PP3.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:34.99 3.0 undecidable manual S -6.05 0
IV.LAV9.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:25.45 3.0 negative manual Pn -2.37 0
IV.T1215.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:23.55 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.25 0
IV.T1256.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:21.12 3.0 negative manual P -0.29 0
IV.T1216.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:20.87 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.88 0
IV.T1219.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:20.56 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -3.26 0
IV.FDMO.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:20.68 3.0 positive manual P -2.29 0
IV.MC2.EHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:19.88 3.0 positive manual P -1.17 0
IV.T1245.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:18.89 3.0 undecidable manual P -1.77 0
IV.VAGA.HHZ. 2016-12-09T13:36:16.43 3.0 negative manual P -4.16 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00015492025000000002 0.2816 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:16.17
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00021917425000000002 0.3392 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:18.57
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0010672793999999999 0.4032 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:20.24
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0012303975 0.384 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:17.34
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00019057325 0.7808 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:21.11
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00026983935 0.7616 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:21.47
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00076664228 0.1792 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:21.87
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00107233155 0.3008 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:25.25
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00103133655 0.1792 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:17.09
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0007792244 0.256 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:19.17
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.005956747 0.2432 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:05.19
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.0034879654999999997 0.2816 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:05.55
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006718792 0.1408 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:05.21
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0006099692 0.3776 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:06.06
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00021450615000000002 0.2176 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:15.16
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00030605884999999997 0.4416 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:15.01
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001428748 0.5632 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:23.86
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00012073825 0.576 AML other m 2016-12-09T13:37:24.22
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