Earthquake with magnitude of M 0.3 on date 23-09-2010 and time 15:21:55 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude M 0.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 23-09-2010 13:21:55 (UTC)
  • 23-09-2010 15:21:55 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2600, 15.0600 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Fonte esterna non nota.

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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
Oliveri ME 15 2181 2181
Patti ME 16 13431 15612
Falcone ME 16 2808 18420
Terme Vigliatore ME 16 7395 25815
Milazzo ME 17 31646 57461
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 59076
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 66150
Furnari ME 18 3784 69934
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 111517
Rodì Milici ME 19 2056 113573
Merì ME 19 2338 115911
Librizzi ME 20 1660 117571
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 20 1531 119102

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
M 0.3 2010-09-23
13:21:55
38.26 15.06 5 2014-10-15
07:39:12
Fonte esterna non nota 1118519
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2010-09-23 13:21:55
Latitude 38.2600
Longitude 15.0600
Depth (km) 5 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> UNKNOWN
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1118519

Uncertainty

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

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Number of stations at which the event was observed 15
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

M:0.3

Field Value
Value 0.3
Uncertainty
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude M
Reference to an origin 1118519
Agency INGV
Autore Fonte esterna non nota
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-10-15 07:39:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RMP.HHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:58.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SGTA.HHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:50.04 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MA9.HHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:46.00 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ROM9.HHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:32.27 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ERC.SHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:26.97 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.RNI2.HHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:25.42 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR3.BHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:07.50 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.STR4.BHN. 2010-09-23T13:22:07.36 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GALF.HHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:03.66 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ECNV.HHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:02.21 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MNO.SHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:02.94 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MMME.HHZ. 2010-09-23T13:22:01.17 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.NOV.HHE. 2010-09-23T13:22:00.07 0.3 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SCHR.EHE. 2010-09-23T13:21:56.15 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.ESLN.HHZ. 2010-09-23T13:21:54.17 0.6 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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