Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 17-01-2019 and time 00:15:31 (UTC) 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

  • 17-01-2019 00:15:31 (UTC)
  • 17-01-2019 01:15:31 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3450, 15.6930 at 15 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Scilla RC 10 4964 4964
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 15219
Palmi RC 14 18930 34149
Campo Calabro RC 15 4536 38685
Villa San Giovanni RC 15 13784 52469
Fiumara RC 15 1018 53487
San Roberto RC 15 1750 55237
Seminara RC 16 2811 58048
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 62168
MelicuccĂ  RC 17 930 63098
Calanna RC 18 934 64032
Sinopoli RC 18 2089 66121
San Procopio RC 19 534 66655
Laganadi RC 19 413 67068
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 20 343 67411

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
26 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
89 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
94 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2019-01-17
00:15:31
38.3447 15.6933 15 2019-01-17
00:33:51
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 64720491
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-01-17 00:15:31 ± 0.29
Latitude 38.3447 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.6933 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 15 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 64720491

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1920
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 171
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 3
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1920.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 219
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) 0.26
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16637
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36962
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 64720491
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-01-17 00:33:51
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:44.27 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 36.9297 99 -0.04 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:40.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 41.0256 98 0.35 67
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:40.97 0.3 undecidable manual S 149 22.8549 109 0.31 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:39.62 0.1 undecidable manual S 241 18.4704 116 0.06 99
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:39.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 118 19.7691 113 -0.12 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:38.59 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 36.9297 99 -0.48 66
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:37.08 0.3 undecidable manual P 149 22.8549 109 0.12 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:36.36 0.1 undecidable manual P 118 19.7691 113 -0.16 97
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-01-17T00:15:36.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 241 18.4704 116 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000632 1.18 AML other m 2019-01-17T00:15:40.05
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00010095 1.1 AML other m 2019-01-17T00:15:41.83
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.5 0.0001885 0.16 AML other m 2019-01-17T00:15:41.36
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.3 0.0001238 0.8 AML other m 2019-01-17T00:15:42.10
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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