Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 28-11-2011 and time 06:02:56 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 28-11-2011 05:02:56 (UTC)
  • 28-11-2011 06:02:56 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2340, 15.2000 at 113 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
Milazzo ME 4 31646 31646
Merì ME 8 2338 33984
San Filippo del Mela ME 10 7115 41099
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 82682
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 88921
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 96316
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 100966
Condrò ME 13 493 101459
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 13 1807 103266
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 105322
Torregrotta ME 14 7431 112753
Venetico ME 15 3911 116664
Castroreale ME 15 2504 119168
Spadafora ME 15 5021 124189
Valdina ME 16 1355 125544
San Pier Niceto ME 16 2837 128381
Furnari ME 16 3784 132165
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 133298
Falcone ME 17 2808 136106
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 17 1531 137637
Oliveri ME 17 2181 139818
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 142595

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
69 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
82 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 2.0 2011-11-28
05:02:56
38.234 15.2 113 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1313899
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-11-28 05:02:56 ± 0.79
Latitude 38.2340 ± 0.0207
Longitude 15.2000 ± 0.0527
Depth (km) 113 ± 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1313899

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 4127
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3968
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 124
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 5143.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 329
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.74
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.69338
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 1313899
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-06 02:05:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:29.33 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 114 76.9674 -0.113 73
IV.GMB.BHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:28.06 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 97 55.3002 1.174 36
IV.MSCL.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:26.09 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 90 51.4152 -0.407 73
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:24.57 0.6 undecidable manual Sg 83 27.0507 -0.058 55
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:15.61 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 114 76.9674 -0.037 100
IV.GMB.BHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:14.89 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 97 55.3002 0.72 43
IV.MSCL.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:13.60 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 90 51.4152 -0.346 74
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:12.82 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 83 27.0507 -0.046 83
IV.MNO.SHE. 2011-11-28T05:03:10.26 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.HHN. 2011-11-28T05:02:59.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
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