Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 30-09-2018 and time 13:41:53 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 30-09-2018 11:41:53 (UTC)
  • 30-09-2018 13:41:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3770, 15.7230 at 11 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
Palmi RC 11 18930 18930
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 29185
Seminara RC 14 2811 31996
Scilla RC 14 4964 36960
MelicuccĂ  RC 16 930 37890
Gioia Tauro RC 16 19864 57754
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 61874
San Procopio RC 18 534 62408
San Roberto RC 18 1750 64158
Sinopoli RC 19 2089 66247
Fiumara RC 19 1018 67265
Campo Calabro RC 19 4536 71801
Villa San Giovanni RC 19 13784 85585

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
25 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
31 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
96 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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 1.3 2018-09-30
11:41:53
38.3773 15.7227 11 2019-06-04
09:16:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 68351921
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2018-09-30
11:41:52
38.3712 15.7302 19 2018-09-30
11:46:09
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 61475321
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-09-30 11:41:53 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.3773 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.7227 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 68351921

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 580
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 480
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 323
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 580.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 153
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 11
Number of defining phases 11
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) 0.17807
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40020
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 68351921
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-08 09:27:16

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61475321
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-09-30 11:46:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:07.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 139 44.4222 50 -0.1 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:06.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 232 41.1255 50 -0.05 49
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:03.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 29 29.1486 50 -0.16 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:01.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 131 19.7691 50 0 77
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:01.67 0.6 undecidable manual S 236 22.4553 50 -0.06 51
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:01.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 139 44.4222 50 -0.29 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:01.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 183 41.5251 50 0.34 69
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:42:00.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 232 41.1255 50 -0.29 70
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:41:59.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 29 29.1486 50 0.16 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:41:58.25 0.1 undecidable manual P 236 22.4553 50 0.12 100
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-09-30T11:41:57.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 131 19.7691 50 0.2 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007885 1.06 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:01.17
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000815 0.96 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:02.02
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00008444999999999999 0.9 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:04.06
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00011499999999999999 0.24 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:04.48
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00015250000000000002 0.66 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:07.84
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.1 0.00003518504 0.3008 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:08.23
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.1 0.000038422329999999995 0.544 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:08.80
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000169 0.24 AML other m 2018-09-30T11:42:08.85
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