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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 17-02-2019 and time 06:15:40 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 17-02-2019 05:15:40 (UTC)
  • 17-02-2019 06:15:40 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3480, 15.3760 at 122 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 13 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 14 5021 13605
Venetico ME 14 3911 17516
Valdina ME 17 1355 18871
Torregrotta ME 17 7431 26302
Saponara ME 18 3988 30290
Milazzo ME 18 31646 61936
Roccavaldina ME 18 1133 63069
Condrò ME 20 493 63562
Pace del Mela ME 20 6239 69801
Rometta ME 20 6650 76451

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
23 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
35 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
97 Km N of Catania (314555 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 2.2 2019-02-17
05:15:40		 38.3482 15.3757 122 2019-08-22
08:24:55		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 67407271
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.1 2019-02-17
05:15:40		 38.3742 15.3837 118 2019-02-17
05:31:05		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 65619671
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2019-02-17 05:15:40 ± 0.23
Latitude 38.3482 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.3757 ± 0.0161
Depth (km) 122 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 67407271

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1620
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 925
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 302
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 32
Number of defining phases 32
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.3
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.79325
Number of stations at which the event was observed 24
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 24
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 25
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 65619671
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-02-17 05:31:05

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67407271
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-09 14:07:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CUC.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:32.72 0.1 undecidable manual S 12 186.4689 119 -0.05 67
IV.TDS.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:29.70 0.1 undecidable manual S 29 167.5101 122 0.45 67
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:27.01 0.1 undecidable manual S 40 152.5362 124 0.46 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:12.20 0.1 undecidable manual S 143 47.619 157 0.47 90
IV.MGR.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:12.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 4 199.0452 117 0.24 59
IV.SALB.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:11.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 26 189.0663 118 0.52 58
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:11.66 0.3 undecidable manual S 0.49 67
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:10.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 275 34.5432 163 0.04 100
MN.CUC.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:10.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 186.4689 119 -0.18 65
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:10.90 0.1 undecidable manual S 279 36.5412 162 0.01 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:09.30 0.3 undecidable manual S 236 15.1737 172 -0.56 67
IV.TDS.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:08.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 29 167.5101 122 -0.16 72
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:07.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 152.5362 124 -0.09 79
MN.TIP.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:06.95 0.1 positive manual P 52 151.0377 125 -0.01 79
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:05.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 21 140.1486 127 -0.06 82
IV.SPS2.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:04.90 0.1 undecidable manual P 38 133.6662 128 -0.33 78
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:03.78 0.1 positive manual P 35 123.6873 131 -0.5 77
IV.GRI.EHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:02.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 60 104.7174 136 -0.02 88
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:16:01.59 0.1 positive manual P 83 93.0402 139 0.01 90
IV.IACL.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:01.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 283 91.0422 140 0.09 89
IV.IFIL.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:16:00.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 289 73.5708 146 0.19 90
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:59.36 0.1 positive manual P 117 66.5778 149 -0.28 90
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.46 0.6 undecidable manual P 279 36.5412 162 0.38 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.06 0.1 negative manual P 275 34.5432 163 0.05 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 210 41.2254 160 0.62 86
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.08 0.1 positive manual P 102 46.1205 157 -0.42 91
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.71 0.1 positive manual P 143 47.619 157 0.15 96
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 0.02 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:58.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 43.623 159 0.61 86
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:57.19 0.1 negative manual P 236 15.1737 172 -0.3 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:57.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 185 22.4553 169 -0.41 94
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2019-02-17T05:15:56.96 0.1 positive manual P 129 14.874 172 -0.52 93
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.7 0.000029483194999999995 0.4384 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:01.76
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00015570275499999999 0.1792 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:09.42
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0001389227 0.1376 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:09.67
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0002380506 1.3184 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.11
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000111224185 0.3392 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.01
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00039932255 0.3776 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.43
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.6 0.0002946583 0.24 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.57
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000101736435 0.5984 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.90
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000051101375 0.1824 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.65
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000042227395 0.1824 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:13.79
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00013211609999999997 0.4992 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:14.28
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00011084389 0.2624 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:14.19
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00039777945000000006 0.48 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:14.50
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00004937458 0.2176 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:17.15
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:2.0 0.00004380667 0.1824 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:17.15
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:0.0 0.0000613681 0.2816 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:17.56
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:2.0 0.00005576365 0.4 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:17.56
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:0.0 0.00006276882000000001 0.56 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:18.03
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000033664955 0.4192 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:22.43
IV.SPS2.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00001156315 0.4 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:23.75
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:0.0 0.000057562035 1.68 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:24.02
IV.SPS2.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000020997335 0.2208 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:24.16
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:0.0 0.000086654885 0.3392 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:25.19
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:0.0 0.00006611156 0.2592 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:25.79
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00017264954999999998 0.8384 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:16.04
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0002978397 0.4 AML other m 2019-02-17T05:16:10.09
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