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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 16-08-2013 and time 05:06:12 (Italy) in region 3 km W Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 16-08-2013 03:06:12 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2013 05:06:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1360, 14.9120 at 16 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
Montagnareale ME 3 1615 1615
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4705
Gioiosa Marea ME 4 7074 11779
Patti ME 5 13431 25210
Piraino ME 5 3962 29172
Librizzi ME 6 1660 30832
Brolo ME 8 5783 36615
Ficarra ME 8 1469 38084
Sinagra ME 8 2705 40789
Raccuja ME 9 1041 41830
Ucria ME 10 1058 42888
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 45803
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 48931
Naso ME 11 3813 52744
Oliveri ME 13 2181 54925
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 56244
Tortorici ME 14 6435 62679
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 75933
Mirto ME 15 974 76907
Falcone ME 15 2808 79715
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 82002
Basicò ME 16 612 82614
Frazzanò ME 16 711 83325
Floresta ME 16 485 83810
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 86437
Capri Leone ME 18 4515 90952
Longi ME 18 1473 92425
Tripi ME 19 873 93298
Furnari ME 19 3784 97082
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 20 1996 99078

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km N 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 		ML 2.0 2013-08-16
03:06:12		 38.1358 14.9117 16 2015-01-20
11:28:29		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4675591
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2013-08-16
03:06:12		 38.1463 14.9103 17 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4271551
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-08-16 03:06:12 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1358 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.9117 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 16 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4675591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 518
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 274
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 348
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.90112
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 13
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4675591
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:04:10

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 9
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4271551
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-08-16 03:11:17
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:30.37 0.6 undecidable manual S 328 55.7997 97 0.08 46
IV.JOPP.HHE. 2013-08-16T03:06:29.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 58 99.5226 93 0.03 43
IV.SOI.EHE. 2013-08-16T03:06:29.45 0.6 undecidable manual P 94 100.0221 93 -0.26 41
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:29.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 75 53.9016 97 0.04 46
IV.PETRA.HHE. 2013-08-16T03:06:26.57 0.6 undecidable manual P 245 77.367 94 0.34 42
IV.ESML.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:25.99 3.0 undecidable manual P 2.13 0
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:25.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 38.5281 101 -0.18 70
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:23.15 0.3 undecidable manual S 248 30.1476 105 -0.4 68
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:23.76 0.3 undecidable manual S 220 29.5482 106 0.36 68
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:23.00 0.6 undecidable manual P 328 55.7997 97 0.07 46
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:23.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 65.49 95 -0.73 56
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:23.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 13 27.3504 108 0.38 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:22.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 53.9016 97 -0.11 69
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:21.46 0.1 undecidable manual S 121 23.0547 112 -0.29 95
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:20.22 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 38.5281 101 -0.07 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:19.37 0.1 undecidable manual S 198 10.7781 139 0.31 94
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:19.91 0.1 undecidable manual S 264 15.873 125 -0.16 97
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:19.31 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 29.5482 106 0.36 91
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:18.78 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 27.3504 108 0.16 72
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:18.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 248 30.1476 105 -0.06 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:17.93 0.1 undecidable manual P 121 23.0547 112 -0.06 99
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:17.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 264 15.873 125 -0.02 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T03:06:16.63 0.1 positive manual P 198 10.7781 139 0.19 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IACL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00014649999999999998 1.58 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:34.64
IV.IACL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00014800000000000002 0.34 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:36.66
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00047650000000000004 0.56 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:32.02
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.7 0.0012025000000000002 0.18 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:32.32
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000769 1.1 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:23.91
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.2 0.0007815 0.12 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:24.56
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0006705 0.18 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:20.05
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0009705 0.36 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:20.08
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:1.8 0.000273 0.24 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:24.12
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:1.9 0.00035650000000000005 1.56 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:25.44
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0002155 1.54 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:26.13
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002235 0.2 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:26.38
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00016015000000000002 0.86 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:23.56
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00012245 0.26 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:23.68
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00126 0.32 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:19.74
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000857 0.24 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:19.61
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000261 0.7 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:22.30
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0004305 0.18 AML other m 2013-08-16T03:06:22.76
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