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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 29-12-2018 and time 03:41:04 (UTC) 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

  • 29-12-2018 03:41:04 (UTC)
  • 29-12-2018 04:41:04 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3680, 15.7100 at 16 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 10255
Palmi RC 12 18930 29185
Scilla RC 13 4964 34149
Seminara RC 15 2811 36960
Melicuccà RC 17 930 37890
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 42010
Fiumara RC 17 1018 43028
San Roberto RC 17 1750 44778
Campo Calabro RC 18 4536 49314
Villa San Giovanni RC 18 13784 63098
Gioia Tauro RC 18 19864 82962
San Procopio RC 18 534 83496
Sinopoli RC 19 2089 85585

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
97 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2018-12-29
03:41:04		 38.3678 15.7102 16 2018-12-29
03:57:13		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64318621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-12-29 03:41:04 ± 0.12
Latitude 38.3678 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.7102 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64318621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 630
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 529
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 189
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 630.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 214
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11152
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.58816
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64318621
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-12-29 03:57:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:23.06 1.0 undecidable manual S 224 60.5949 95 0.35 22
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:23.65 0.6 undecidable manual S 273 65.2902 95 -0.3 44
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:18.35 0.6 undecidable manual S 256 43.0236 98 0.29 45
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:17.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 232 39.627 99 -0.09 72
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:17.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 181 40.4262 99 0.14 72
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:15.70 1.0 undecidable manual P 273 65.2902 95 0.17 22
IV.AIO.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:14.76 1.0 undecidable manual P 224 60.5949 95 -0.05 23
IV.GMB.BHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:13.36 0.3 undecidable manual S 155 24.4533 109 0.14 74
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:12.41 0.3 undecidable manual S 237 20.9679 114 0.04 75
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:11.94 1.0 undecidable manual P 256 43.0236 98 -0.19 23
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:11.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 232 39.627 99 -0.29 92
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:11.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 40.4262 99 -0.05 96
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:11.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 127 19.9689 115 -0.27 71
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:10.29 0.3 undecidable manual S 178 12.3765 133 -0.14 74
IV.GMB.BHE. 2018-12-29T03:41:09.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 155 24.4533 109 0.21 72
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:08.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 127 19.9689 115 -0.03 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:08.98 0.1 undecidable manual P 237 20.9679 114 0.14 98
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2018-12-29T03:41:07.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 178 12.3765 133 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004695 1.2 AML other m 2018-12-29T03:41:12.83
IV.SICLA.EHE. ML:1.4 0.00021800000000000004 0.36 AML other m 2018-12-29T03:41:10.67
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000544 0.32 AML other m 2018-12-29T03:41:12.31
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000101582375 0.1008 AML other m 2018-12-29T03:41:13.03
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000100054225 0.2 AML other m 2018-12-29T03:41:13.34
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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