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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 05-07-2013 and time 10:44:53 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 05-07-2013 08:44:53 (UTC)
  • 05-07-2013 10:44:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3040, 15.7520 at 18 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
Bagnara Calabra RC 5 10255 10255
Scilla RC 6 4964 15219
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 10 4120 19339
San Roberto RC 10 1750 21089
Palmi RC 11 18930 40019
Seminara RC 11 2811 42830
Fiumara RC 11 1018 43848
Melicuccà RC 11 930 44778
Sinopoli RC 12 2089 46867
San Procopio RC 12 534 47401
Campo Calabro RC 13 4536 51937
Calanna RC 14 934 52871
Villa San Giovanni RC 14 13784 66655
Laganadi RC 14 413 67068
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 15 343 67411
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 15 1263 68674
Cosoleto RC 16 859 69533
Delianuova RC 16 3352 72885
Scido RC 17 931 73816
Gioia Tauro RC 19 19864 93680
Santa Cristina d'Aspromonte RC 20 929 94609

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
24 Km NE of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
90 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 inhabitants)
92 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
99 Km SW of Catanzaro (90612 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.4 2013-07-05
08:44:53		 38.3038 15.752 18 2015-01-20
11:27:28		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 8087621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-07-05 08:44:53 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.3038 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.7520 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 18 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 8087621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 716
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 203
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 340
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 720.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 13
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) 0.35074
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8087621
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:09:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:12.07 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.14 0
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:05.41 0.1 undecidable manual S 19 35.5422 105 -0.28 91
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:04.03 0.1 undecidable manual S 237 29.748 110 -0.18 94
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:02.19 0.1 undecidable manual S 258 21.6672 119 -0.06 98
IV.CAR1.HNZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:02.03 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.02 0
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:01.21 0.1 undecidable manual S 156 16.4724 128 0.12 97
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:00.76 0.1 undecidable manual P 19 35.5422 105 0.22 92
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:45:00.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 243 38.9277 104 -0.13 93
MN.CEL.HHE. 2013-07-05T08:45:00.32 0.1 undecidable manual S 111 13.2756 136 -0.14 97
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2013-07-05T08:44:59.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 237 29.748 110 0.12 95
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:44:59.67 0.1 undecidable manual S 157 8.6802 149 -0.03 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:44:58.75 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 21.6672 119 0.2 94
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2013-07-05T08:44:57.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 157 8.6802 149 0.29 95
MN.CEL.HHE. 2013-07-05T08:44:57.78 0.1 undecidable manual P 111 13.2756 136 0.26 95
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2013-07-05T08:44:57.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 16.4724 128 -0.57 66
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ATN.BHN. ML:1.2 0.00006125 0.24 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:45:04.43
IV.ATN.BHE. ML:1.1 0.0000572 1 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:45:05.29
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:1.6 0.000299 0.32 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:45:01.52
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:1.8 0.000395 0.16 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:45:01.50
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000179 0.08 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:44:57.96
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000191 0.68 AML other m 2013-07-05T08:45:01.00
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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