Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 24-05-2008 and time 01:03:53 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 23-05-2008 23:03:53 (UTC)
  • 24-05-2008 01:03:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5800, 14.6020 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Leni ME 20 696 696

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
94 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.4
ML 2.0
2008-05-23
23:03:53
38.58 14.602 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 692359
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-05-23 23:03:53 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.5800 ± 0.0252
Longitude 14.6020 ± 0.0127
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 692359

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2842
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1105
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 354
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3008.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 218
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.77701
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 692359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:07:02

Md:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 692359
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:07:02
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMPR.HHN. 2008-05-23T23:04:33.91 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIB.EHE. 2008-05-23T23:04:17.71 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 218 82.4508 -0.12 65
IV.GIB.EHE. 2008-05-23T23:04:07.51 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 218 82.4508 0.119 86
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2008-05-23T23:04:07.33 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 86.247 -0.648 75
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2008-05-23T23:04:00.41 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 116 33.5442 0.547 86
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2008-05-23T23:04:00.91 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 124 39.9267 0.074 94
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2008-05-23T23:03:58.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 256 22.0668 0.121 96
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2008-05-23T23:03:56.59 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 232 2.8971 -0.14 74
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2008-05-23T23:03:55.11 0.1 negative manual Pg 232 2.8971 -0.099 100
IV.CRAC.EHZ. 2008-05-23T23:03:45.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.BHN. 2008-05-23T23:03:44.25 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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