Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 22-09-2009 and time 11:26:00 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 22-09-2009 11:26:00 (UTC)
  • 22-09-2009 13:26:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6310, 14.6550 at 10 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
Malfa ME 17 982 982
Leni ME 17 696 1678

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
92 Km NW of Messina (238439 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 2.0
2009-09-22
11:26:00
38.631 14.655 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 967839
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-09-22 11:26:00 ± 0.46
Latitude 38.6310 ± 0.0306
Longitude 14.6550 ± 0.0127
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 967839

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3368
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1158
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 360
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3573.5
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 241
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.57
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.75363
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 967839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:29:47

Md:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.0
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 967839
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:29:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-09-22T11:26:26.04 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 212 83.6496 0.036 74
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2009-09-22T11:26:20.03 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 128 63.9915 -0.72 43
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-09-22T11:26:15.88 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 212 83.6496 0.454 45
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-09-22T11:26:14.47 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 177 77.6667 -0.037 100
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2009-09-22T11:26:11.98 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 128 63.9915 -0.411 71
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2009-09-22T11:26:11.16 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 247 28.2495 -0.043 82
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2009-09-22T11:26:09.09 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 135 39.9267 0.41 74
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2009-09-22T11:26:08.44 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 129 32.6451 0.875 42
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2009-09-22T11:26:06.57 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 247 28.2495 -0.309 78
IV.ORI.HHE. 2009-09-22T11:25:49.72 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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