Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 11-08-2008 and time 22:48:03 (UTC) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 11-08-2008 22:48:03 (UTC)
  • 12-08-2008 00:48:03 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4040, 15.3110 at 113 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
32 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
44 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Acireale (52622 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 2.0
ML 2.0
2008-08-11
22:48:03
38.404 15.311 113 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 710069
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-08-11 22:48:03 ± 0.22
Latitude 38.4040 ± 0.0279
Longitude 15.3110 ± 0.0149
Depth (km) 113 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 710069

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3135
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 364
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 166
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3361.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 294
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.88403
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 710069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:26:36

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 710069
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:26:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2008-08-11T22:48:38.75 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 87 98.124 -0.017 66
IV.SOI.SHZ. 2008-08-11T22:48:34.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.JOPP.HHN. 2008-08-11T22:48:33.16 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 66 54.7008 -0.011 48
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-08-11T22:48:33.05 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 107 53.2023 0.033 72
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2008-08-11T22:48:30.75 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 132 23.1546 -0.03 51
IV.RAVA.EHZ. 2008-08-11T22:48:27.47 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2008-08-11T22:48:23.61 0.1 positive manual Pg 87 98.124 -0.058 87
IV.MPAZ.BHN. 2008-08-11T22:48:21.99 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 129 78.6657 -0.074 90
IV.JOPP.HHN. 2008-08-11T22:48:20.39 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 66 54.7008 -0.044 95
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-08-11T22:48:20.73 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 107 53.2023 0.381 89
I1.MSCL.BHE. 2008-08-11T22:48:19.82 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 45.8208 -0.129 95
IV.MSRU.BHN. 2008-08-11T22:48:18.97 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 132 23.1546 -0.087 100
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