Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 28-11-2008 and time 07:00:37 (UTC) in region 2 km SE Francavilla di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Francavilla di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 28-11-2008 07:00:37 (UTC)
  • 28-11-2008 08:00:37 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8900, 15.1460 at 2 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
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 2 3945 3945
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 2 3215 7160
Motta Camastra ME 3 845 8005
Linguaglossa CT 5 5403 13408
Graniti ME 7 1492 14900
Gaggi ME 7 3184 18084
Moio Alcantara ME 8 717 18801
Malvagna ME 9 733 19534
Piedimonte Etneo CT 10 3963 23497
Calatabiano CT 10 5308 28805
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 11 1019 29824
Mongiuffi Melia ME 12 600 30424
Roccafiorita ME 12 197 30621
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 12 9623 40244
Castelmola ME 12 1088 41332
Limina ME 13 836 42168
Giardini-Naxos ME 13 9415 51583
Taormina ME 13 10960 62543
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 63209
Gallodoro ME 13 367 63576
Antillo ME 13 919 64495
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 65832
Letojanni ME 14 2861 68693
Mascali CT 15 14282 82975
Sant'Alfio CT 16 1582 84557
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 85537
Forza d'Agrò ME 17 911 86448
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 17 842 87290
Randazzo CT 18 10900 98190
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 18 1554 99744
Giarre CT 18 27659 127403
Riposto CT 18 14838 142241
Tripi ME 18 873 143114
Savoca ME 19 1732 144846
Milo CT 19 1087 145933
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 148220
Mandanici ME 20 601 148821

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
43 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
49 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
50 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.4
2008-11-28
07:00:37
37.89 15.146 3 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 730639
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2008-11-28 07:00:37 ± 0.18
Latitude 37.8900 ± 0.0081
Longitude 15.1460 ± 0.0114
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 730639

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 980
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 875
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 324
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) 173
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 24
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.97397
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:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 730639
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:49:19

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 730639
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 13:49:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2008-11-28T07:01:10.93 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 197 108.114 -0.043 69
IV.SSY.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:01:04.50 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 185 81.4518 0.637 42
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-11-28T07:01:04.66 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 75 81.9513 0.664 41
IV.MPAZ.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:01:02.97 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 84 75.6687 0.666 42
MN.CEL.HHN. 2008-11-28T07:01:01.82 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 58 77.1672 -0.893 38
IV.AGST.EHN. 2008-11-28T07:01:00.96 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 174 70.5738 -0.005 100
IV.HCRL.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:01:00.49 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 188 68.0763 0.21 72
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:59.86 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2008-11-28T07:00:56.65 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 197 108.114 -0.286 44
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:55.14 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 75 50.0166 -0.007 52
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:55.24 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 37 52.2033 -0.647 44
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:52.92 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 10 42.9237 0.222 50
IV.MPAZ.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:52.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 84 75.6687 0.087 97
IV.SSY.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:52.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 185 81.4518 -0.162 95
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:52.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 75 81.9513 -0.239 93
MN.CEL.HHN. 2008-11-28T07:00:51.92 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 58 77.1672 -0.248 94
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:51.05 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HCRL.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:50.67 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 188 68.0763 -0.093 99
IV.AGST.EHN. 2008-11-28T07:00:50.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 174 70.5738 -0.268 95
IV.MSRU.BHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:48.25 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 37 52.2033 0.023 77
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2008-11-28T07:00:47.96 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 75 50.0166 0.161 76
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:46.85 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 10 42.9237 0.464 96
IV.FNVD.HHN. 2008-11-28T07:00:37.52 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PRMA.HHZ. 2008-11-28T07:00:34.63 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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