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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 07-08-2009 and time 12:33:26 (UTC) in region 3 km E San Nicola da Crissa (VV)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E San Nicola da Crissa (VV), on

  • 07-08-2009 12:33:26 (UTC)
  • 07-08-2009 14:33:26 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6710, 16.3150 at 48 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.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
San Nicola da Crissa VV 3 1335 1335
Vallelonga VV 3 706 2041
Capistrano VV 3 1042 3083
Torre di Ruggiero CZ 5 1033 4116
Monterosso Calabro VV 6 1729 5845
Simbario VV 7 966 6811
Cardinale CZ 7 2188 8999
Vazzano VV 7 1067 10066
Filogaso VV 7 1417 11483
Pizzoni VV 8 1143 12626
Spadola VV 8 825 13451
Brognaturo VV 8 735 14186
Chiaravalle Centrale CZ 9 5759 19945
Polia VV 9 1023 20968
San Vito sullo Ionio CZ 9 1811 22779
Cenadi CZ 10 563 23342
Argusto CZ 11 522 23864
Serra San Bruno VV 11 6734 30598
Soriano Calabro VV 11 2421 33019
Sorianello VV 11 1176 34195
Olivadi CZ 11 529 34724
Maierato VV 11 2188 36912
Centrache CZ 12 401 37313
Gerocarne VV 12 2248 39561
Francavilla Angitola VV 13 1939 41500
Filadelfia VV 13 5384 46884
Gagliato CZ 13 505 47389
Petrizzi CZ 14 1131 48520
Satriano CZ 15 3448 51968
Palermiti CZ 15 1213 53181
Arena VV 15 1456 54637
Pizzo VV 15 9278 63915
Davoli CZ 15 5607 69522
Sant'Onofrio VV 15 3067 72589
Dasà VV 16 1208 73797
San Sostene CZ 16 1370 75167
Stefanaconi VV 16 2494 77661
Acquaro VV 17 2484 80145
Montepaone CZ 17 5282 85427
Mongiana VV 17 740 86167
Vallefiorita CZ 18 1771 87938
Curinga CZ 18 6779 94717
Amaroni CZ 18 1855 96572
Vibo Valentia VV 19 33941 130513
Gasperina CZ 19 2160 132673
San Gregorio d'Ippona VV 19 2527 135200
Montauro CZ 19 1732 136932
Francica VV 19 1651 138583
Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello Ionio CZ 19 1937 140520
Isca sullo Ionio CZ 19 1633 142153
Girifalco CZ 20 5945 148098
San Pietro a Maida CZ 20 4200 152298

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
34 Km S of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
36 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
70 Km S of Cosenza (67546 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Crotone (62178 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		Md 1.8
ML 2.0 		2009-08-07
12:33:26		 38.671 16.315 49 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 944229
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-08-07 12:33:26 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.6710 ± 0.0126
Longitude 16.3150 ± 0.0115
Depth (km) 49 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 944229

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1058
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1044
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 313
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1720.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 117
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.60165
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 944229
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:00:36

Md:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 944229
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:00:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:48.69 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 353 65.1903 0.014 72
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:43.80 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 259 37.8288 0.162 100
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2009-08-07T12:33:42.06 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 156 26.8509 0.023 78
IV.ERBM.EHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:40.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CARO.HHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:39.25 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 353 65.1903 -0.231 93
IV.MSCL.HHN. 2009-08-07T12:33:39.89 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 223 66.7776 0.223 70
IV.SERS.HHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:38.28 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 39 51.7038 0.306 93
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2009-08-07T12:33:36.33 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 259 37.8288 -0.244 97
IV.PLAC.HHN. 2009-08-07T12:33:35.40 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 156 26.8509 -0.248 74
IV.STR4.BHN. 2009-08-07T12:33:29.10 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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