Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 07-03-2011 and time 21:18:09 (Italy) in region 2 km S Messina (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km S Messina (ME), on

  • 07-03-2011 20:18:09 (UTC)
  • 07-03-2011 21:18:09 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1760, 15.5550 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Messina ME 2 238439 238439
Villa San Giovanni RC 9 13784 252223
Campo Calabro RC 10 4536 256759
Saponara ME 11 3988 260747
Reggio di Calabria RC 11 183035 443782
Rometta ME 12 6650 450432
Villafranca Tirrena ME 13 8584 459016
Fiumara RC 13 1018 460034
Calanna RC 15 934 460968
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 463745
Roccavaldina ME 16 1133 464878
Valdina ME 16 1355 466233
Laganadi RC 16 413 466646
San Roberto RC 16 1750 468396
Scilla RC 17 4964 473360
Spadafora ME 17 5021 478381
Scaletta Zanclea ME 17 2140 480521
Itala ME 17 1640 482161
Venetico ME 17 3911 486072
Torregrotta ME 18 7431 493503
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 18 343 493846
San Pier Niceto ME 18 2837 496683
CondrĂ² ME 20 493 497176

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
2 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
11 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
71 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
85 Km NE of Catania (314555 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
Md 1.5 2011-03-07
20:18:09
38.176 15.555 10 2014-10-21
12:27:13
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 1179159
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2011-03-07 20:18:09 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1760 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.5550 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-SISPICK
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 1179159

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1167
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 468
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 342
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 155
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.40559
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 1179159
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-01-05 23:00:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.RAVA.EHE. 2011-03-07T20:19:24.09 10.0 undecidable manual Sg 0 0 0
IV.RAVA.EHE. 2011-03-07T20:19:16.62 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.CIGN.HHN. 2011-03-07T20:19:08.19 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.MA9.HHE. 2011-03-07T20:18:54.63 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.GIUL.HHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:54.34 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
IV.SAMA.HHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:48.13 10.0 undecidable manual Pg 0 0 0
.SOI.EHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:23.70 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 105 45.0216 -0.231 69
.MSCL.HHE. 2011-03-07T20:18:17.18 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 73 21.3675 -0.07 74
.SOI.EHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:17.79 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 105 45.0216 0.114 94
.MPNC.HHE. 2011-03-07T20:18:15.94 0.3 undecidable manual Sg 260 17.9709 -0.249 72
.MPNC.HHE. 2011-03-07T20:18:13.40 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 260 17.9709 0.196 97
.MSCL.HHE. 2011-03-07T20:18:13.91 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 73 21.3675 0.091 99
.MSRU.HHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:13.96 0.1 undecidable manual Sg 337 10.5783 -0.109 100
.MSRU.HHN. 2011-03-07T20:18:12.09 0.1 undecidable manual Pg 337 10.5783 0.114 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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