Earthquake with magnitude of Md 2.9 on date 04-10-2012 and time 07:28:53 (UTC) in region Malta [Sea]

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

  • 04-10-2012 07:28:53 (UTC)
  • 04-10-2012 09:28:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.8780, 14.1660 at 10 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
Md 2.9 2012-10-04
07:28:53
34.8782 14.1665 10 2014-09-19
08:14:18
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 3332381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-10-04 07:28:53 ± 0.68
Latitude 34.8782 ± 0.0540
Longitude 14.1665 ± 0.1085
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 3332381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 11040
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3600
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 297
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 11040.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 334
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.00184
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 3.11255
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

Md:2.9

Field Value
Value 2.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 5
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 3332381
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-04-26 09:47:34
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:43.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 358 345.3987 38 0.25 29
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:43.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 360 345.4986 38 0.37 21
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:41.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 359 327.8274 38 0.29 29
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:39.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 354 320.6346 38 -0.43 21
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:34.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 16 277.8108 38 -0.11 30
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:34.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 13 281.2074 38 -0.72 33
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:32.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 20 246.3645 38 1.08 29
IV.MEU.SHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:31.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 13 254.7561 38 -0.53 45
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:30.80 0.6 undecidable manual P 13 237.3846 38 0.9 22
MN.WDD.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:26.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 17 111.1998 50 0.07 51
MN.WDD.HHZ. 2012-10-04T07:29:12.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 17 111.1998 50 -0.18 100
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