Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 12-11-2008 and time 21:58:19 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 12-11-2008 20:58:19 (UTC)
  • 12-11-2008 21:58:19 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1310, 15.0940 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

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Falcone ME 2 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 3 2181 4989
Furnari ME 4 3784 8773
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 10304
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 17699
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 19755
Basicò ME 8 612 20367
Tripi ME 9 873 21240
Castroreale ME 11 2504 23744
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 65327
Patti ME 11 13431 78758
Librizzi ME 12 1660 80418
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 82033
Novara di Sicilia ME 13 1337 83370
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 85657
Merì ME 14 2338 87995
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 90910
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 98025
Milazzo ME 17 31646 129671
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 134321
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 135340
Raccuja ME 18 1041 136381
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 143455
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 146545
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 152784
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 154591

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
58 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.3
ML 2.0
2008-11-12
20:58:19
38.131 15.094 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 728829
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-11-12 20:58:19 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.1310 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.0940 ± 0.0103
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 728829

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1007
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 543
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 211
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1345.4
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 20
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.55
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.75723
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 728829
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:47:18

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 728829
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:47:18
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:41.84 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 78 71.1732 0.971 34
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:41.49 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:40.35 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 317 65.8896 0.881 36
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:33.79 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.BHE. 2008-11-12T20:58:33.86 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:33.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 94 84.0492 -0.249 86
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:32.19 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 68 38.9277 -0.093 48
I1.IACL.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:32.36 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 305 78.2661 -0.427 84
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:31.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 78 71.1732 -0.374 86
IV.IFIL.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:30.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 317 65.8896 -0.416 86
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:29.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 105 54.8007 -0.035 95
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:29.28 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 147 25.8519 0.524 45
IV.ILLI.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:27.41 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 340 37.1295 0.959 74
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:27.26 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 238 41.3253 0.158 95
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:26.63 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 68 38.9277 -0.101 97
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2008-11-12T20:58:26.99 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 38 19.5693 0.217 49
IV.MMME.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:24.66 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 147 25.8519 -0.043 100
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2008-11-12T20:58:24.94 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 340 28.9488 -0.249 95
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2008-11-12T20:58:23.45 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 38 19.5693 -0.102 100
I1.HAGA.BHE. 2008-11-12T20:57:56.56 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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