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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 07-10-2012 and time 05:10:42 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Piraino (ME)

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

  • 07-10-2012 03:10:42 (UTC)
  • 07-10-2012 05:10:42 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1470, 14.8710 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.

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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
Piraino ME 2 3962 3962
Gioiosa Marea ME 4 7074 11036
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 14126
Brolo ME 4 5783 19909
Ficarra ME 6 1469 21378
Montagnareale ME 7 1615 22993
Sinagra ME 7 2705 25698
Naso ME 8 3813 29511
Patti ME 8 13431 42942
Castell'Umberto ME 9 3128 46070
Librizzi ME 9 1660 47730
Raccuja ME 11 1041 48771
Capo d'Orlando ME 11 13254 62025
Ucria ME 11 1058 63083
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 12 1319 64402
Mirto ME 12 974 65376
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 68291
Tortorici ME 14 6435 74726
Frazzanò ME 14 711 75437
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 79952
Galati Mamertino ME 15 2627 82579
Oliveri ME 17 2181 84760
Longi ME 17 1473 86233
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 88229
Floresta ME 18 485 88714
Torrenova ME 18 4386 93100
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 95387
Falcone ME 19 2808 98195
Basicò ME 19 612 98807

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2012-10-07
03:10:41		 38.1485 14.8703 9 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 2313521
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.0 2012-10-07
03:10:42		 38.1472 14.8712 10 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4460991
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-10-07 03:10:42 ± 0.27
Latitude 38.1472 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.8712 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4460991

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 689
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 119
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 174
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 690.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 59
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
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) 0.24012
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.79770
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 15
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 28
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2313521
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-10-07 03:22:53

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4460991
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:46:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2012-10-07T03:11:02.53 0.6 undecidable manual S 255 65.8896 50 0.2 45
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:11:01.80 0.3 undecidable manual S 314 62.0934 50 0.49 64
IV.SN1.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:57.07 0.6 undecidable manual P 145 80.9523 50 0.99 34
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:57.23 0.1 undecidable manual P 180 88.5447 50 -0.03 90
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:56.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 90 42.0246 50 0.1 72
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:55.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 74.6697 50 -0.01 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:55.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 74.0703 50 0.01 93
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:53.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 106 32.6451 50 -0.23 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:53.94 0.3 undecidable manual S 66 34.2435 50 0.04 74
IV.PLLN.SHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:53.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 255 65.8896 50 -0.35 88
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:52.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 209 55.3002 50 0.71 80
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:52.62 0.3 undecidable manual S 213 28.4493 50 0.26 72
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:52.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 314 62.0934 50 -0.47 86
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:51.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 243 27.4503 50 -0.52 68
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:51.69 0.1 undecidable manual S 120 26.6511 50 -0.19 98
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:51.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 331 52.9026 50 -0.17 93
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:50.02 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 42.0246 50 -0.07 97
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:48.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 106 32.6451 50 -0.19 96
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:48.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 213 28.4493 50 0.13 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:48.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 66 34.2435 50 -0.03 99
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:48.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 27.1506 50 0.49 91
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:47.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 243 27.4503 50 -0.23 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-10-07T03:10:47.66 0.1 undecidable manual P 120 26.6511 50 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00017099999999999998 0.4 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:03.74
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001385 0.5 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:06.79
IV.HAVL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00004105 0.24 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:23.95
IV.HAVL.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0000616 0.24 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:26.16
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00002815 0.86 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:09.44
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000034500000000000005 0.62 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:13.43
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0012185000000000002 1.24 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:05.79
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:2.9 0.0015300000000000001 1.58 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:02.94
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00233 0.12 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:53.99
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0018199999999999998 0.18 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:54.23
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0005920000000000001 0.42 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:56.19
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0009519999999999999 0.78 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:56.76
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001915 0.62 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:54.99
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00029049999999999996 0.88 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:54.67
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:2.4 0.00113 0.2 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:54.12
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:2.5 0.0015680000000000002 0.52 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:53.00
IV.MPAZ.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000057 1.4 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:18.52
IV.MPAZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0000419 0.52 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:21.64
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0003015 1.26 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:56.52
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00028000000000000003 0.46 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:58.12
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00044950000000000003 0.74 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:51.64
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0005935000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:52.42
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000104 1.32 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:08.16
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00006565 1.3 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:15.02
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0012475000000000001 0.28 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:52.71
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0009325 0.24 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:10:52.89
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0001185 0.36 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:07.92
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00010200000000000001 0.52 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:12.19
IV.PLLN.SHN. ML:2.3 0.0003325 0.36 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:03.94
IV.PLLN.SHE. ML:2.1 0.0002415 1 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:04.24
IV.SN1.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00020400000000000003 1.48 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:30.14
IV.SN1.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000191 1.4 AML other m 2012-10-07T03:11:36.96
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