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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 01-10-2018 and time 08:54:16 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 01-10-2018 06:54:16 (UTC)
  • 01-10-2018 08:54:16 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3750, 15.7470 at 20 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
Palmi RC 9 18930 18930
Bagnara Calabra RC 11 10255 29185
Seminara RC 12 2811 31996
Scilla RC 14 4964 36960
Melicuccà RC 14 930 37890
Gioia Tauro RC 15 19864 57754
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 16 4120 61874
San Procopio RC 16 534 62408
Sinopoli RC 17 2089 64497
San Roberto RC 18 1750 66247
Fiumara RC 19 1018 67265
Rizziconi RC 19 7829 75094
San Ferdinando RC 19 4490 79584
Campo Calabro RC 19 4536 84120
Cosoleto RC 19 859 84979
Villa San Giovanni RC 20 13784 98763

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
31 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
83 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
94 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
99 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 1.1 2018-10-01
06:54:16		 38.3753 15.7473 20 2019-06-04
09:16:03		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 63996171
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2018-10-01
06:54:16		 38.3753 15.7473 20 2018-10-01
07:02:18		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 61504621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-10-01 06:54:16 ± 0.16
Latitude 38.3753 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.7473 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 20 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 63996171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 859
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 70
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 322
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 860.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 146
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.31
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16278
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.38671
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 61504621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-10-01 07:02:18

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63996171
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-19 16:10:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:30.02 0.1 undecidable manual S 141 42.9237 106 -0.38 91
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:30.05 0.1 undecidable manual S 234 42.7239 107 -0.31 94
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:26.05 0.1 undecidable manual S 163 24.0537 122 0.27 98
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:26.47 0.1 undecidable manual S 25 28.3494 117 -0.31 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:25.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 239 24.1536 122 -0.28 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:24.42 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 42.7239 107 0.07 99
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:24.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 42.9237 106 0.08 99
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:24.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 135 18.0708 132 -0.32 97
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:22.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 24.0537 122 0.29 98
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:22.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 25 28.3494 117 0.24 98
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:21.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 135 18.0708 132 0.23 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-10-01T06:54:21.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 239 24.1536 122 0.23 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005025 0.68 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:24.09
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004095 0.3 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:25.55
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.7 0.0002175 1.24 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:26.17
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.7 0.000252 1.04 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:26.05
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000288 0.52 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:27.26
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000445 1.12 AML other m 2018-10-01T06:54:27.61
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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