Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 05-06-2009 and time 05:29:12 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 05-06-2009 05:29:12 (UTC)
  • 05-06-2009 07:29:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3960, 15.0480 at 158 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
Lipari ME 11 12753 12753

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
50 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Catania (314555 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
ML 2.5 2009-06-05
05:29:12
38.396 15.048 158 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 887879
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-06-05 05:29:12 ± 0.54
Latitude 38.3960 ± 0.0773
Longitude 15.0480 ± 0.0597
Depth (km) 158 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 887879

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 8881
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4282
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 196
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 10049.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 197
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.61
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05666
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.08998
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 887879
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 16:52:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:59.20 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 87 120.99 0.463 39
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:55.22 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 120 97.0251 -0.419 40
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:54.07 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 101 75.1692 0.81 56
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:54.82 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 112 94.7385 -0.552 39
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:53.69 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 127 71.6727 0.768 38
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:49.63 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 110 42.7239 -1.043 35
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:38.90 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 87 120.99 -0.309 79
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:37.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 112 94.7385 0.133 87
IV.MPAZ.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:37.43 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 120 97.0251 0.008 88
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:36.32 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 101 75.1692 0.273 87
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:36.15 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 127 71.6727 0.299 87
I1.MSCL.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:35.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 105 67.1772 -0.442 85
IV.IVPL.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:34.02 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 250 6.2937 0.199 100
IV.MSRU.BHZ. 2009-06-05T05:29:34.12 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 110 42.7239 -0.435 90
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