Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 09-01-2013 and time 05:02:33 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 09-01-2013 04:02:33 (UTC)
  • 09-01-2013 05:02:33 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9090, 15.4470 at 27 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 Teresa di Riva ME 8 9377 9377
Furci Siculo ME 8 3382 12759
Roccalumera ME 9 4141 16900
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 9 1554 18454
Nizza di Sicilia ME 10 3667 22121
Forza d'Agrò ME 10 911 23032
Savoca ME 11 1732 24764
Alì Terme ME 11 2539 27303
Pagliara ME 12 1170 28473
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 12 842 29315
Letojanni ME 13 2861 32176
Gallodoro ME 13 367 32543
Alì ME 14 768 33311
Fiumedinisi ME 14 1409 34720
Mongiuffi Melia ME 15 600 35320
Scaletta Zanclea ME 15 2140 37460
Mandanici ME 15 601 38061
Taormina ME 16 10960 49021
Limina ME 16 836 49857
Castelmola ME 16 1088 50945
Roccafiorita ME 16 197 51142
Itala ME 16 1640 52782
Giardini-Naxos ME 17 9415 62197
Antillo ME 19 919 63116
Graniti ME 19 1492 64608

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
33 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
55 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.2 2013-01-09
04:02:33
37.9087 15.4467 27 2015-01-20
11:18:17
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 3517811
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.1 2013-01-09
04:02:34
37.9298 15.4578 24 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 2815871
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-01-09 04:02:33 ± 0.36
Latitude 37.9087 ± 0.0153
Longitude 15.4467 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 27 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 3517811

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1693
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 357
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 8
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1690.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 206
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 9
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) 0.17986
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44337
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 3517811
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 12:55:22

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2815871
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-09 04:08:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2013-01-09T04:02:51.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 84 49.2174 113 0.74 41
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:45.38 0.3 undecidable manual S 343 27.6501 129 0.08 74
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:44.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 65 24.4533 133 -0.35 68
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:43.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 290 19.9689 139 -0.13 73
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2013-01-09T04:02:43.49 0.3 undecidable manual P 84 49.2174 113 0.15 70
IV.MSCL.HHE. 2013-01-09T04:02:43.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 40 46.7199 114 0.15 70
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:40.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 343 27.6501 129 -0.12 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:39.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 290 19.9689 139 -0.01 100
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2013-01-09T04:02:39.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 65 24.4533 133 -0.19 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008044999999999999 0.68 AML other m 2013-01-09T04:02:44.85
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000053 1.32 AML other m 2013-01-09T04:02:44.01
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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