Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 29-07-2010 and time 20:56:57 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

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

  • 29-07-2010 18:56:57 (UTC)
  • 29-07-2010 20:56:57 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.6270, 14.9090 at 90 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
Santa Marina Salina ME 8 903 903
Malfa ME 8 982 1885
Leni ME 11 696 2581
Lipari ME 18 12753 15334

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
74 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
86 Km NW 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
ML 2.0 2010-07-29
18:56:57
38.627 14.909 90 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1090169
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-07-29 18:56:57 ± 0.13
Latitude 38.6270 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9090 ± 0.0092
Depth (km) 90 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1090169

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 737
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 579
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 271
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1000.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 330
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.1
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.20869
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 3
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1090169
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 21:04:06
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PSB1.HHZ. 2010-07-29T18:58:00.61 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ALJA.HHN. 2010-07-29T18:57:39.54 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2010-07-29T18:57:36.16 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 98 134.1657 0.039 48
IV.ALJA.HHN. 2010-07-29T18:57:33.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2010-07-29T18:57:33.77 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 128 121.2897 0.074 49
IV.SOI.EHE. 2010-07-29T18:57:32.77 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 121 116.994 -0.133 49
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2010-07-29T18:57:19.61 0.1 negative manual Pg 98 134.1657 -0.015 97
IV.MPAZ.HHN. 2010-07-29T18:57:18.28 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 128 121.2897 0.053 74
IV.SOI.EHE. 2010-07-29T18:57:17.75 0.1 negative manual Pg 121 116.994 -0.021 100
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