Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 14-10-2009 and time 09:29:36 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 14-10-2009 09:29:36 (UTC)
  • 14-10-2009 11:29:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6870, 15.3540 at 157 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
58 Km N of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
69 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
90 Km W of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 2.4 2009-10-14
09:29:36
38.687 15.354 157 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 979179
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-10-14 09:29:36 ± 0.16
Latitude 38.6870 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.3540 ± 0.0300
Depth (km) 157 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 979179

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2582
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1248
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 98
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2906.9
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 320
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.11
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.59985
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.89483
Number of stations at which the event was observed 3
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 979179
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:43:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-10-14T09:30:19.63 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 145 99.3228 -0.015 47
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2009-10-14T09:30:19.37 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 105 97.6245 -0.075 47
MN.CEL.HHN. 2009-10-14T09:30:16.26 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 135 66.5778 0.086 50
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2009-10-14T09:30:01.33 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 105 97.6245 0.066 94
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2009-10-14T09:30:01.39 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 145 99.3228 0.014 95
MN.CEL.HHN. 2009-10-14T09:29:59.30 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 135 66.5778 -0.074 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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