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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.8 on date 09-11-2012 and time 20:17:58 (Italy) in region 1 km NW Sant'Angelo di Brolo (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.8 earthquake occured in region: 1 km NW Sant'Angelo di Brolo (ME), on

  • 09-11-2012 19:17:58 (UTC)
  • 09-11-2012 20:17:58 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1210, 14.8790 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.

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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
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 1 3090 3090
Ficarra ME 5 1469 4559
Sinagra ME 5 2705 7264
Piraino ME 5 3962 11226
Brolo ME 6 5783 17009
Gioiosa Marea ME 6 7074 24083
Montagnareale ME 6 1615 25698
Castell'Umberto ME 7 3128 28826
Librizzi ME 7 1660 30486
Raccuja ME 8 1041 31527
Patti ME 8 13431 44958
Naso ME 8 3813 48771
Ucria ME 8 1058 49829
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 10 1319 51148
Tortorici ME 11 6435 57583
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 60498
Mirto ME 12 974 61472
Capo d'Orlando ME 13 13254 74726
Frazzanò ME 13 711 75437
Galati Mamertino ME 13 2627 78064
Floresta ME 15 485 78549
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 83064
Longi ME 15 1473 84537
Oliveri ME 16 2181 86718
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 89005
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 91001
Basicò ME 17 612 91613
Torrenova ME 18 4386 95999
Falcone ME 18 2808 98807
Alcara li Fusi ME 19 1980 100787
Militello Rosmarino ME 20 1324 102111

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
100 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 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 0.9 2012-11-09
19:17:58		 38.108 14.8763 18 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 2542581
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 0.8 2012-11-09
19:17:58		 38.1207 14.8788 16 2014-09-19
08:14:18		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 3032271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-11-09 19:17:58 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.1207 ± 0.0063
Longitude 14.8788 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 3032271

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 663
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 217
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 190
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 660.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 107
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) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.07734
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31656
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:0.8

Field Value
Value 0.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 3032271
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:45:03

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2542581
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-11-09 19:26:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:10.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 118 35.1426 102 -0.08 72
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:08.66 0.1 undecidable manual S 249 26.8509 108 -0.07 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:08.03 0.1 undecidable manual S 115 24.753 110 -0.16 96
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:05.31 0.1 undecidable manual S 270 12.876 132 -0.14 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:05.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 118 35.1426 102 0.05 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:05.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 17 29.6481 105 0.24 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:04.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 249 26.8509 108 -0.04 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:04.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 183 8.5803 145 0.29 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:04.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 115 24.753 110 -0.1 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:02.41 0.1 undecidable manual P 183 8.5803 145 0.16 98
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2012-11-09T19:18:02.65 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 12.876 132 -0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009265 0.3 AML other m 2012-11-09T19:18:05.36
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000044149999999999996 1.44 AML other m 2012-11-09T19:18:05.48
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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