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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.6 on date 03-03-2017 and time 10:22:02 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 03-03-2017 09:22:02 (UTC)
  • 03-03-2017 10:22:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1670, 15.0350 at 7 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
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2181
Patti ME 7 13431 15612
Falcone ME 7 2808 18420
Montagnareale ME 8 1615 20035
Librizzi ME 10 1660 21695
Furnari ME 11 3784 25479
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 32874
Basicò ME 12 612 33486
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 35017
Gioiosa Marea ME 12 7074 42091
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 44147
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 47062
Tripi ME 14 873 47935
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 51025
Piraino ME 15 3962 54987
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 57274
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 98857
Raccuja ME 16 1041 99898
Castroreale ME 17 2504 102402
Brolo ME 18 5783 108185
Merì ME 19 2338 110523
Sinagra ME 19 2705 113228
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 114565
Ucria ME 19 1058 115623
Ficarra ME 19 1469 117092
Milazzo ME 19 31646 148738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.6 2017-03-03
09:22:02		 38.1667 15.035 7 2018-01-10
09:55:05		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 50490521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-03-03 09:22:02 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1667 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0350 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 7 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 50490521

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 469
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 254
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 334
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 470.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 87
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16008
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.13584
Number of stations at which the event was observed 18
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 18
Magnitude information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 50490521
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-27 10:01:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAFF.HHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:23.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 120.1908 50 0.2 61
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:23.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 75 126.0738 50 -0.48 38
IV.PETRA.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:18.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 246 88.5447 50 0.31 42
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:18.09 0.6 undecidable manual P 254 89.0442 50 -0.17 44
IV.SOI.EHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:17.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 89.5437 50 -0.41 83
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:17.02 0.6 undecidable manual S 249 41.4252 50 0 49
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:15.79 0.6 positive manual P 305 71.7726 50 0.2 45
IV.GMB.BHE. 2017-03-03T09:22:15.44 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 69.2751 50 0.24 89
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:14.68 0.6 undecidable manual P 219 65.0904 50 0.12 46
IV.AIO.HHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:12.34 0.6 undecidable manual S 141 27.75 104 -0.15 49
IV.MSRU.HHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:10.97 0.6 undecidable manual P 75 42.624 50 -0.14 48
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:10.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 202 41.0256 50 0.08 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:10.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 249 41.4252 50 -0.47 45
IV.MNO.SHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:10.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 229 39.5271 100 0.16 72
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:10.72 0.6 undecidable manual P 191 39.1275 100 0.19 48
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2017-03-03T09:22:09.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 226 19.6692 109 -0.51 68
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:09.32 0.6 undecidable manual P 346 31.8459 102 0.22 48
IV.AIO.HHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:08.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 141 27.75 104 0.09 50
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2017-03-03T09:22:07.47 0.1 positive manual P 348 23.754 106 -0.06 100
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2017-03-03T09:22:06.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 226 19.6692 109 0.14 75
IV.NOV.HHN. 2017-03-03T09:22:06.74 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 17.7711 111 0.34 72
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002145 0.36 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:08.59
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0005005000000000001 0.42 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:08.83
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00016 0.4 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:10.65
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000227 0.4 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:10.74
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000391 0.7 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:12.83
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00011399999999999999 1.56 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:13.07
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0001365 0.48 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:13.09
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00008269999999999999 1 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:13.51
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00048699999999999997 0.64 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:13.66
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:0.0 0.0003205 1.24 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:19.90
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00006235 1.26 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:20.07
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000413 0.48 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:20.74
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000030400000000000004 0.66 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:33.56
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00011350000000000001 1.24 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:35.71
IV.PETRA.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000060700000000000005 1.3 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:35.85
IV.PETRA.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0000732 0.78 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:35.21
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000023199999999999998 0.5 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:39.26
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0001005 1.42 AML other m 2017-03-03T09:22:39.80
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