Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 11-10-2008 and time 02:41:50 (UTC) in region 6 km SW Castel di Lucio (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: 6 km SW Castel di Lucio (ME), on

  • 11-10-2008 02:41:50 (UTC)
  • 11-10-2008 04:41:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8560, 14.2610 at 3 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Castel di Lucio ME 6 1294 1294
Gangi PA 8 6811 8105
San Mauro Castelverde PA 9 1701 9806
Geraci Siculo PA 9 1945 11751
Mistretta ME 12 4791 16542
Pettineo ME 13 1350 17892
Sperlinga EN 13 805 18697
Tusa ME 15 2925 21622
Motta d'Affermo ME 15 739 22361
Petralia Soprana PA 15 3360 25721
Reitano ME 15 806 26527
Petralia Sottana PA 16 2821 29348
Nicosia EN 17 13899 43247
Castelbuono PA 18 8943 52190
Pollina PA 18 2974 55164
Bompietro PA 19 1401 56565
Capizzi ME 19 3176 59741
Santo Stefano di Camastra ME 20 4694 64435
Blufi PA 20 1029 65464

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
70 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
83 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
84 Km E of Palermo (674435 inhabitants)
84 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Agrigento (59770 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Gela (75827 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 2.5
ML 2.1
2008-10-11
02:41:50
37.856 14.261 3 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 722179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-10-11 02:41:50 ± 0.15
Latitude 37.8560 ± 0.0117
Longitude 14.2610 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 3 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 722179

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1010
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 913
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 191
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1431.8
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 171
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.49
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.42992
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 722179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:39:57

Md:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 722179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:39:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:19.10 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 42 88.7445 0.925 33
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:17.57 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 81 158.7189 0.416 34
IV.IFIL.BHN. 2008-10-11T02:42:17.26 1.0 undecidable manual Sg 19 83.1501 0.568 20
IV.USI.SHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:12.51 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 315 133.3665 -0.742 50
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:10.38 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 67 117.993 -0.5 75
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:07.38 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:07.22 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 61 96.4257 -0.345 41
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:06.96 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 255 46.0206 0.719 79
IV.SLNA.SHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:06.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 32 92.9403 -0.216 84
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:06.31 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 47 85.248 0.472 40
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:06.08 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 42 88.7445 -0.292 83
IV.MMME.BHE. 2008-10-11T02:42:06.08 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 84 87.4458 -0.085 44
IV.IFIL.BHN. 2008-10-11T02:42:05.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 19 83.1501 0.044 89
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:42:04.70 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 6 75.5688 0.366 84
IV.MNO.SHN. 2008-10-11T02:42:03.83 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 78 38.9277 0.033 97
IV.ALJA.HHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:59.03 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 255 46.0206 -0.452 87
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:59.09 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 306 25.3524 -0.009 99
IV.MNO.SHN. 2008-10-11T02:41:58.29 0.1 positive manual Pg 78 38.9277 0.219 93
IV.GIB.EHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:55.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 306 25.3524 -0.188 96
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:54.31 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 297 19.869 0.029 100
IV.ECNV.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:41.70 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.BHZ. 2008-10-11T02:41:22.70 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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