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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 18-11-2018 and time 22:20:45 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 18-11-2018 21:20:45 (UTC)
  • 18-11-2018 22:20:45 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3740, 15.7450 at 12 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
Campo Calabro RC 19 4536 71801
Rizziconi RC 19 7829 79630
San Ferdinando RC 19 4490 84120
Cosoleto RC 20 859 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)
84 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
95 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Acireale (52622 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 2.4 2018-11-18
21:20:45		 38.3745 15.745 12 2019-06-04
09:16:10		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 66023441
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2018-11-18
21:20:45		 38.3782 15.7452 14 2018-11-18
21:32:05		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 63187111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-11-18 21:20:45 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.3745 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.7450 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 12 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 66023441

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 518
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 170
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 344
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 36
Number of defining phases 20
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.75993
Number of stations at which the event was observed 27
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63187111
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-18 21:32:05

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 38
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 66023441
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-05-02 07:25:53
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.GAVE.EHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:52.07 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.72 0
AC.SRN.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:33.74 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.73 0
IV.LAV9.HNZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:31.66 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -2.01 0
IV.VVLD.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:29.64 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.74 0
MN.KLV.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:12.18 3.0 positive manual Pg 12.01 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:11.48 3.0 negative manual Pg 16.219999 0
IV.MTGR.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:22:02.09 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 7.9 0
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:28.77 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.42 0
IV.BULG.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:13.40 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.58 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:11.30 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.38 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:10.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 244 84.3489 91 0.22 86
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:06.94 3.0 positive manual P 1.04 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:04.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 270 66.4779 91 -0.5 83
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:04.85 3.0 positive manual P 0.56 0
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:21:01.77 3.0 positive manual P -1.1 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:59.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 244 84.3489 91 0.06 90
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:58.65 0.1 undecidable manual S 185 41.4252 92 0.06 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:58.75 0.1 undecidable manual S 234 42.5241 91 -0.14 95
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:58.72 0.1 undecidable manual S 141 42.9237 91 -0.29 91
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:57.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 277 69.6747 91 0.21 90
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:56.75 3.0 negative manual P 60.7947 0.87 0
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:56.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 65.49 91 0.37 87
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:56.72 0.1 undecidable manual P 270 66.4779 91 -0.04 92
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:56.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 317 64.8906 91 0.28 90
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:55.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 225 63.1923 91 -0.4 86
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:54.04 0.1 undecidable manual S 239 23.9538 94 0.09 99
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:54.56 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.44 0
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:54.89 0.1 undecidable manual S 25 28.5492 93 -0.27 93
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:52.94 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 42.9237 91 -0.19 93
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:52.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 185 41.4252 92 -0.06 96
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:52.62 0.1 undecidable manual S 134 18.1707 98 0.22 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:52.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 234 42.5241 91 -0.34 90
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:50.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 25 28.5492 93 0.07 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:50.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 239 23.9538 94 0.18 98
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:50.49 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.21 0
MN.CEL.HNZ. 2018-11-18T21:20:49.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 134 18.1707 98 0.3 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0012250000000000002 1.48 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:53.14
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:2.1 0.0009965 1.46 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:53.15
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0017900000000000001 0.32 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:53.39
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:2.3 0.001435 0.32 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:53.39
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001365 0.36 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:54.79
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:3.4 0.0146 0.2 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:54.67
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.5 0.001715 0.16 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:54.85
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0010899999999999998 1.54 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:55.77
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:3.2 0.00916 0.16 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:57.19
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:2.4 0.001265 0.14 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:57.40
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0005024999999999999 1.42 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:59.76
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:2.2 0.0005415000000000001 1.5 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:20:59.99
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.8 0.002045 0.28 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:00.18
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.6 0.001375 0.56 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:00.02
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0007735000000000001 0.58 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:00.03
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:2.2 0.0005775 1.28 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:01.75
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.0 0.00020600000000000002 0.82 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:06.52
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.1 0.00026000000000000003 1.1 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:06.44
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0010979999999999998 1.06 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:06.69
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0004555 1.54 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:06.85
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.8 0.001085 0.26 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:07.26
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00022 1.04 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:07.59
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:2.2 0.00033299999999999996 0.32 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:07.79
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000345 0.32 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:07.79
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0005214999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:08.04
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0002405 0.8 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:08.06
IV.IST3.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0006865 0.16 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:09.86
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00016700000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:11.95
IV.IST3.HHN. ML:2.7 0.000988 1.04 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:14.86
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:3.3 0.0030549999999999996 0.9 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:15.10
IV.CAR1.HNE. ML:2.5 0.000268 0.66 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:15.83
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:3.5 0.00544 0.5 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:16.66
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0001102 0.72 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:18.37
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00035749999999999996 0.98 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:19.19
IV.CAR1.HNN. ML:2.6 0.00033650000000000005 0.8 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:19.59
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0002615 0.44 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:20.36
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00006305 0.56 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:22.83
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0000688 0.4 AML other m 2018-11-18T21:21:23.76
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