Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 04-07-2011 and time 11:47:02 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 04-07-2011 09:47:02 (UTC)
  • 04-07-2011 11:47:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1690, 15.1800 at 116 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 4 7395 7395
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 4 41583 48978
Merì ME 6 2338 51316
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 53372
Milazzo ME 8 31646 85018
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 92133
Castroreale ME 8 2504 94637
Furnari ME 9 3784 98421
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 99952
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 10 4650 104602
Falcone ME 10 2808 107410
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 113649
Oliveri ME 12 2181 115830
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 12 1807 117637
Condrò ME 13 493 118130
Tripi ME 15 873 119003
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 121840
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 129271
Basicò ME 16 612 129883
Valdina ME 17 1355 131238
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 132371
Venetico ME 17 3911 136282
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 137619
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 140396
Spadafora ME 18 5021 145417
Patti ME 19 13431 158848

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
33 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.2 2011-07-04
09:47:02
38.169 15.18 116 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1251699
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-07-04 09:47:02 ± 0.18
Latitude 38.1690 ± 0.0009
Longitude 15.1800 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 116 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1251699

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1147
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 189
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 86
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1005.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 299
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.02613
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1251699
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 00:38:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSFR.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:48:31.30 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MIDA.HHZ. 2011-07-04T09:48:28.46 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.LPEL.HHE. 2011-07-04T09:48:25.47 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MESG.HHZ. 2011-07-04T09:48:15.60 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.PTMD.HHZ. 2011-07-04T09:47:59.88 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.PLAC.HHE. 2011-07-04T09:47:40.67 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 74 113.8971 0 43
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2011-07-04T09:47:34.68 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.PRMA.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:33.61 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
MN.CEL.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:33.59 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 81 62.9925 -0.008 48
IV.MSCL.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:32.73 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 82 53.6019 0.12 48
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:30.06 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 21 12.1767 0.065 52
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2011-07-04T09:47:30.66 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 70 30.4473 -0.109 50
.PLAC.HHE. 2011-07-04T09:47:24.41 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 74 113.8971 0.046 64
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2011-07-04T09:47:22.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MSCL.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:19.84 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 82 53.6019 0.13 71
MN.CEL.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:19.84 1.0 undecidable manual Pg 81 62.9925 -0.44 22
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2011-07-04T09:47:18.23 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 21 12.1767 0.032 78
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2011-07-04T09:47:18.56 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 70 30.4473 -0.088 100
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