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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 12-11-2018 and time 09:26:28 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 12-11-2018 08:26:28 (UTC)
  • 12-11-2018 09:26:28 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3690, 15.0190 at 138 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
Lipari ME 13 12753 12753

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
96 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 		ML 2.2 2018-11-12
08:26:28		 38.3688 15.0193 138 2019-06-04
09:16:02		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 63421921
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.2 2018-11-12
08:26:29		 38.4258 14.9947 136 2018-11-12
08:58:50		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 62998061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-11-12 08:26:28 ± 0.37
Latitude 38.3688 ± 0.0612
Longitude 15.0193 ± 0.0470
Depth (km) 138 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 63421921

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 7382
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2649
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 155
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 7380.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 254
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.19245
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.57831
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63421921
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-27 09:32:15

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 62998061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-12 08:58:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:27:12.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 85 123.6873 135 0.04 61
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:27:06.74 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 79.6647 148 0.39 63
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:27:06.31 0.6 undecidable manual S 99 77.0673 149 0.26 63
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:27:02.61 0.6 undecidable manual S 105 44.1225 161 -0.39 68
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:27:01.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 120 21.3675 170 -0.14 73
MN.TIP.HHN. 2018-11-12T08:26:59.16 0.6 undecidable manual P 59 175.1913 124 0.21 51
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:53.80 0.6 undecidable manual P 85 123.6873 135 -0.19 59
IV.SOI.EHN. 2018-11-12T08:26:50.91 0.6 undecidable manual P 110 95.9262 142 -0.81 54
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:50.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 70 79.6647 148 -0.17 64
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:50.74 0.6 undecidable manual P 99 77.0673 149 0.36 63
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:49.12 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 47.9187 159 0.34 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:49.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 165 39.2274 163 0.61 63
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:48.23 0.6 undecidable manual P 105 44.1225 161 -0.39 67
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-11-12T08:26:47.62 0.6 undecidable manual P 120 21.3675 170 -0.3 70
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000043596145000000004 0.4224 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:01.96
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000044891111150000005 0.2816 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:03.88
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:2.3 0.000095339035 0.2048 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:07.58
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000049457854999999996 0.1792 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:07.74
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:2.2 0.00008106266499999999 0.4416 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:07.78
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000048965915 0.5184 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:11.09
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000055471295000000005 0.3584 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:07.98
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000062293145 0.4608 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:13.46
IV.IST3.HHN. ML:3.5 0.0015692914999999997 0.1792 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:13.26
IV.IST3.HHE. ML:3.3 0.0010814585000000002 0.3392 AML other m 2018-11-12T08:27:11.23
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