Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 06-12-2009 and time 05:12:53 (UTC) in region Mar Ionio Settentrionale (MARE)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: Mar Ionio Settentrionale (MARE), on

  • 06-12-2009 05:12:53 (UTC)
  • 06-12-2009 06:12:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9090, 16.7090 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

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An earthquake occurred to
96 Km E of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
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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 1.9
ML 1.7
2009-12-06
05:12:53
37.909 16.709 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 996759
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2009-12-06 05:12:53 ± 0.79
Latitude 37.9090 ± 0.0351
Longitude 16.7090 ± 0.0388
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 996759

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4684
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2211
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 320
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5174.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 296
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
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) 0.58006
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 996759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:05:42

Md:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 996759
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 19:05:42
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2009-12-06T05:13:13.69 1.0 undecidable manual Sg 339 64.3911 0.386 23
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2009-12-06T05:13:13.21 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 275 61.5939 0.642 43
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-12-06T05:13:11.51 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 288 59.9955 -0.637 43
IV.MMN.HHN. 2009-12-06T05:13:10.84 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2009-12-06T05:13:04.50 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 275 61.5939 0.023 75
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2009-12-06T05:13:04.89 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 339 64.3911 -0.01 100
IV.MMN.HHN. 2009-12-06T05:13:03.89 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2009-12-06T05:13:03.81 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 288 59.9955 -0.422 23
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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