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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 28-10-2009 and time 17:44:00 (Italy) in region 3 km E Capizzi (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km E Capizzi (ME), on

  • 28-10-2009 16:44:00 (UTC)
  • 28-10-2009 17:44:00 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8390, 14.5110 at 6 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
Capizzi ME 3 3176 3176
Cerami EN 3 2006 5182
Troina EN 10 9373 14555
Nicosia EN 14 13899 28454
Gagliano Castelferrato EN 14 3593 32047
Sperlinga EN 16 805 32852
San Teodoro ME 17 1403 34255
Mistretta ME 17 4791 39046
Cesarò ME 18 2439 41485
Castel di Lucio ME 18 1294 42779

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
55 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
63 Km W of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Gela (75827 inhabitants)
92 Km E of Bagheria (55387 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2.3
ML 2.0 		2009-10-28
16:44:00		 37.839 14.511 6 2014-10-21
12:27:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 984289
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-10-28 16:44:00 ± 0.14
Latitude 37.8390 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.5110 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 984289

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 943
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 403
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 32
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1204.2
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 81
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.62
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70507
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 984289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:50:10

Md:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 984289
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 18:50:10
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ORI.HHE. 2009-10-28T16:44:31.38 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMGO.SHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:26.31 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.HHN. 2009-10-28T16:44:16.23 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 111 43.7229 0.695 59
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:15.63 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 292 45.621 -0.479 44
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:14.38 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 350 78.2661 -0.044 67
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-10-28T16:44:13.35 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 298 36.4413 0.319 46
IV.ALJA.HHE. 2009-10-28T16:44:13.36 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 262 67.0773 0.648 58
IV.MTGR.SHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:13.53 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:12.99 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 34 72.372 -0.531 62
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:11.28 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 80 65.8896 -1.247 46
IV.RESU.HHN. 2009-10-28T16:44:10.47 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 242 45.1215 1.14 32
IV.ESLN.HHN. 2009-10-28T16:44:09.50 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 111 43.7229 0.428 66
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:09.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 292 45.621 -0.273 91
IV.SBPO.HHN. 2009-10-28T16:44:09.35 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CSLB.SHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:08.50 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 286 41.1255 -0.061 47
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:07.55 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 57 19.0698 0.406 93
IV.PLLN.SHE. 2009-10-28T16:44:07.80 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 298 36.4413 0.174 47
IV.ECNV.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:06.54 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 147 32.2455 -0.258 70
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:05.77 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 161 14.9739 -0.024 100
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:04.17 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 57 19.0698 -0.056 99
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2009-10-28T16:44:03.13 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 161 14.9739 -0.319 94
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