Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 16-02-2009 and time 19:48:22 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 16-02-2009 18:48:22 (UTC)
  • 16-02-2009 19:48:22 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4070, 15.4900 at 137 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 20 8584 8584

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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
ML 2.4 2009-02-16
18:48:22
38.407 15.49 137 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 744699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-02-16 18:48:22 ± 0.7
Latitude 38.4070 ± 0.0630
Longitude 15.4900 ± 0.0482
Depth (km) 137 ± 6 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 744699

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 6566
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3461
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 173
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 8163.3
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 154
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.40110
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.83637
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 744699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 14:04:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-02-16T18:48:57.47 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 127 61.494 -0.218 49
IV.MMME.BHE. 2009-02-16T18:48:57.53 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 202 56.2992 0.325 49
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2009-02-16T18:48:45.19 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 60 92.8404 0.396 66
IV.MMME.BHE. 2009-02-16T18:48:42.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 202 56.2992 0.302 97
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2009-02-16T18:48:42.93 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 138 67.5768 -0.169 98
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-02-16T18:48:42.63 0.1 positive manual Pg 127 61.494 -0.123 100
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2009-02-16T18:48:41.61 0.1 positive manual Pg 266 44.5221 -0.328 99
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