Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 18-03-2007 and time 03:17:55 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 18-03-2007 03:17:55 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2007 04:17:55 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6140, 14.3470 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

An earthquake occurred to
94 Km NE of Bagheria (55387 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 2.7
ML 2.5
2007-03-18
03:17:55
38.614 14.347 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 619799
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2007-03-18 03:17:55 ± 0.44
Latitude 38.6140 ± 0.0414
Longitude 14.3470 ± 0.0230
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 619799

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4632
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1895
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 352
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5016.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 181
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.92
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.08998
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 619799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:48:45

Md:2.7

Field Value
Value 2.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 619799
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 11:48:45
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:29.45 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.CLTB.SHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:25.62 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CORL.HHN. 2007-03-18T03:18:16.28 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 229 120.99 0.259 63
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:16.62 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:15.86 1.0 undecidable manual Sg 115 60.9945 1.072 9
IV.GALF.HHN. 2007-03-18T03:18:14.55 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 169 102.0201 1.449 40
IV.USI.HHN. 2007-03-18T03:18:13.10 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 276 101.7204 0.052 69
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2007-03-18T03:18:13.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 111 108.114 -0.226 87
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:09.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 199 79.1652 -0.41 89
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:08.50 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 202 74.6697 -0.379 67
IV.ILLI.BHE. 2007-03-18T03:18:07.45 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 110 55.4001 1.537 55
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:06.23 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 115 60.9945 -0.538 89
IV.SLNA.SHZ. 2007-03-18T03:18:04.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 97 42.5241 0.158 100
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2007-03-18T03:17:59.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 106 19.7691 -0.642 92
IV.CESI.BHN. 2007-03-18T03:17:51.74 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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