Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 13-05-2009 and time 06:24:24 (Italy) in region Mar Ionio Meridionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Mar Ionio Meridionale (MARE), on

  • 13-05-2009 04:24:24 (UTC)
  • 13-05-2009 06:24:24 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.3790, 15.7840 at 32 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
56 Km NE of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km E of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
82 Km S of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km S of Messina (238439 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 2.1 2009-05-13
04:24:24
37.379 15.784 32 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 863749
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-05-13 04:24:24 ± 0.39
Latitude 37.3790 ± 0.0243
Longitude 15.7840 ± 0.0204
Depth (km) 32 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 863749

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2957
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 833
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 152
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3245.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 331
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 19
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.90022
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 863749
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:23:49
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GUMA.HHZ. 2009-05-13T04:25:29.54 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MIDA.HHN. 2009-05-13T04:25:24.19 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GRI.EHZ. 2009-05-13T04:25:10.92 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IFIL.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:25:08.43 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IVPL.BHE. 2009-05-13T04:25:01.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:53.76 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 243 99.9222 -0.404 86
IV.HVZN.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:53.93 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 257 96.8253 0.537 82
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:47.69 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 232 74.7696 -0.017 94
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:45.73 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 249 67.2771 -0.106 73
IV.HCRL.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:45.85 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 261 67.0773 0.065 73
IV.AGST.EHE. 2009-05-13T04:24:41.69 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 255 50.9157 -0.14 99
IV.HMDC.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:41.20 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 243 99.9222 -0.388 85
IV.HVZN.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:41.81 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 257 96.8253 0.667 79
IV.MPAZ.BHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:41.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.HAVL.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:37.94 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 232 74.7696 0.081 94
IV.SSY.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:36.64 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 249 67.2771 -0.14 95
IV.HCRL.BHZ. 2009-05-13T04:24:36.78 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 261 67.0773 0.03 98
IV.AGST.EHE. 2009-05-13T04:24:34.53 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 255 50.9157 0.064 100
IV.T0104.EHN. 2009-05-13T04:24:21.38 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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