Earthquake Isole Eolie (Messina), Magnitude ML 3.2, 16 August 2013 time 10:19:25 (Timezone Italy)

A magnitude ML 3.2 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

16-08-2013 08:19:25 (UTC)
16-08-2013 10:19:25 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.8000, 14.9480 at 297 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

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Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to

86 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)

98 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)

Recent and historical seismicity

These maps show the seismic activity in different time intervals, before the seismic event to which they refer. Data reported in the first two maps come from the analysis carried out in real time by the personnel of the INGV Operating Rooms, immediately after each earthquake. The third map shows data from 1985 to the date of the earthquake: the locations are reviewed by the seismological analysts of the INGV Italian Seismic Bulletin (Bollettino Sismico Italiano dell’INGV). The localization parameters (hypocentral coordinates and magnitude) are the best possible estimate with the data available to the INGV, but are constantly updated according to further data that become available. The location and magnitude parameters, subsequently reviewed by seismological analysts, may vary.

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 0.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 72 hours preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 2.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 90 days preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 3.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, from 1985 to the date of this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

This map shows the epicenters of the historical earthquakes catalogue CPT15 (Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, 2015 version 3.0, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3) since 1000 AD until 2019. The size of the square indicates the different classes of magnitude. For earthquakes with magnitude ≥ 6.0, it is also shown the year of occurrence and the magnitude value. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Seismic hazard

Seismic hazard maps provide probabilistic estimates of the earthquake ground shaking exceeding a given threshold in a given geographic region within a given time window. Thus, it is not a deterministic prediction - a target that may be never reached given the complexity of the earthquake physical phenomenon - nor of the maximum expected earthquake since this has extremely low probabilities to occur.

In 2004, it was published the seismic hazard map of Italy (http://zonesismiche.mi.ingv.it) that provides a picture of the most hazardous geographic regions. The seismic hazard map of Italy (GdL MPS, 2004; rif. Ordinanza PCM del 28 aprile 2006, n. 3519, All. 1b) provides the 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years of the horizontal acceleration at rock sites (i.e., Vs30>800 m/s; cat. A, 3.2.1 of the D.M. 14.09.2005).

The colours indicate the various values of the ground acceleration that have 10% to be exceeded within 50 years. In general, the colours associated to low values of acceleration refer to areas that are less hazardous and stronger earthquakes repeat less frequently although they may still occur.

Seismic hazard map

This map shows the seismic hazard map of Italy for the region where the earthquake occurred.

Shakemap

These three maps show the results of the analysis using the software ShakeMap designed to provide the level of ground shaking experienced in a region using the data recorded by seismometers and strong motion instruments and seismological information regarding the attenuation of the wavefield with distance and the site characteristics. The Shakemaps are determined for research purposes to provide fast estimates of the level of ground shaking produced by the earthquake. The maps are calculated automatically and updated as more data become available. See http://shakemap.ingv.it for additional information. The black star indicates the epicenter. The triangles show the accelerometric and velocimetric stations used in the calculation, colored according to the recorded shaking.

Intensity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of instrumental intensities. The intensity is derived through an empirical law that correlates the recorded values of actual ground shaking, e.g., acceleration and velocity, with the macroseismic intensity for Italian earthquakes, as reported in the Italian Macroseismic Database (DBMI15, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3).

Peak ground acceleration Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground acceleration expressed as percent of the acceleration of gravity (i.e., g = 9.81 m/s²).

Peak velocity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground velocities expressed in cm/s.

Felt maps

Not available maps for this sismic event.

Locations history

Type	Magnitude	Date and Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Published time (UTC)	Author	Location ID
Bulletin Rev1000	ML 3.2	2013-08-16 08:19:25	38.7998	14.9477	297	2015-01-20 11:28:29	Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV	4790901
Reviewed Rev100	ML 3.2	2013-08-16 08:19:25	38.8758	14.9702	291	2014-10-21 12:08:56	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma	4274711

Preferred location and magnitude until now.

Origin information

Origin

Field	Value
Time (UTC)	2013-08-16 08:19:25 ± 0.24
Latitude	38.7998 ± 0.0207
Longitude	14.9477 ± 0.0254
Depth (km)	297 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin	manual
Evaluation status of Origin	reviewed
Version	1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type	earthquake
Origin ID	4790901

Uncertainty

Field	Value
Preferred uncertainty description	uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	2726
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	835
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)	135
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter)	2730.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%)	68

Quality

Field	Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)	131
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation	46
Number of defining phases	46
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)	0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)	0.35433
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)	1.83372
Number of stations at which the event was observed	37
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation	37

Magnitudes information

ML:3.2

Field	Value
Value	3.2
Uncertainty	0.3
Num. used stations	15
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	4274711
Agency	INGV
Autore	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC)	2013-08-16 08:39:57

ML:3.2

Field	Value
Value	3.2
Uncertainty	0.3
Num. used stations	25
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	4790901
Agency	INGV
Autore	Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC)	2015-01-15 13:05:28

Picking and Arrival

SCNL	Time	Uncertainty	Polarity	Evaluation_mode	Phase	Azimuth	Distance(km)	Takeoff_angle	Residual	Weight
IV.MPG.SHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:40.30	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	243	155.0226	151	0.02	40
IV.SOI.EHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:37.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	130	125.4744	156	-0.28	41
IV.PLAC.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:37.70	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	106	134.865	155	-0.62	36
IV.MTTG.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:37.40	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	143	110.0121	159	1.19	29
IV.CAR1.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:36.70	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	65	119.991	157	-0.31	61
IV.MPNC.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:35.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	154	80.5638	164	0.99	35
IV.ATN.BHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:34.70	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	148	84.0492	164	0.28	44
IV.JOPP.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:34.10	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	104	83.9493	164	-0.31	65
IV.MSRU.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:33.90	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	141	76.8675	165	-0.09	70
IV.FAVR.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:11.99	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	214	203.5407	144	0.25	29
IV.CLTA.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:11.57	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	206	201.5427	145	-0.03	47
IV.MEU.SHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:10.49	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	183	187.6677	147	-0.13	66
IV.RAFF.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:10.00	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	196	182.2842	147	-0.26	66
IV.LADO.EHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:10.48	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	72	183.0834	147	0.17	67
IV.SALB.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:09.98	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	45	169.2972	149	0.57	49
MN.TIP.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:09.21	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	74	161.7159	150	0.28	73
IV.CAGR.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.12	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	197	136.3635	154	0.64	36
IV.ALJA.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.49	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	222	156.2214	151	-0.11	39
IV.CELI.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.86	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	63	150.1386	152	0.62	70
MN.CUC.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.36	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	29	151.9368	152	0.01	40
IV.RESU.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.58	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	212	149.6391	152	0.37	57
IV.BULG.HHE.	2013-08-16T08:20:08.38	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	14	146.5422	153	0.34	77
IV.MPG.SHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:07.73	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	243	155.0226	151	-0.8	48
IV.T0702.EHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:07.54	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	43	141.2475	154	-0.2	60
IV.ESML.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:07.29	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	183	131.2686	155	0.08	42
IV.PLAC.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:07.33	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	106	134.865	155	-0.07	83
IV.CAR1.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.20	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	65	119.991	157	-0.44	79
IV.GMB.BHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.53	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	132	103.8183	160	0.62	58
IV.SOI.EHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.64	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	130	125.4744	156	-0.27	61
IV.CET2.HHE.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.45	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	47	118.4925	157	-0.12	85
IV.MTTG.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.32	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	143	110.0121	159	0.14	64
IV.MNO.SHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.23	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	193	98.8233	161	0.53	40
IV.PETRA.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:06.89	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	214	129.3705	156	-0.22	41
IV.MUCR.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:05.06	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	184	84.249	164	-0.09	69
IV.MSCL.HHE.	2013-08-16T08:20:05.24	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	130	96.5256	161	-0.37	42
IV.MSFR.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:05.48	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	200	90.4428	162	0.11	90
IV.NOV.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:05.37	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	169	87.246	163	0.12	68
IV.ATN.BHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.70	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	148	84.0492	164	-0.44	64
IV.IACL.HHE.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.25	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	240	59.2962	168	-0.14	71
IV.ILLI.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.63	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	180	39.3273	172	0.66	64
IV.MPNC.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.61	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	154	80.5638	164	-0.41	43
IV.MSRU.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.32	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	141	76.8675	165	-0.58	62
IV.JOPP.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.81	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	104	83.9493	164	-0.33	87
IV.IFIL.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.07	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	231	41.5251	172	0.06	75
IV.MCPD.HHE.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.72	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	194	77.7666	165	-0.21	91
IV.IVPL.HHZ.	2013-08-16T08:20:04.11	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	177	47.1195	171	-0.01	100

Station Magnitude and Amplitude

SCNL	mag	Generic_amplitude	Period	Type	Category	Unit	Time_window_reference
IV.ALJA.HHN.	ML:3.0	0.00008305	0.18	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:09.63
IV.ALJA.HHE.	ML:3.0	0.00009595	0.5	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:44.22
IV.ATN.BHN.	ML:3.2	0.0001665	0.44	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:06.42
IV.ATN.BHE.	ML:3.3	0.00023999999999999998	0.16	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:06.80
IV.CAGR.HHN.	ML:3.2	0.000155	1.56	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:45.36
IV.CAGR.HHE.	ML:3.0	0.00011099999999999999	1.54	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:46.41
IV.CAR1.HHN.	ML:3.6	0.0004415	0.74	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:42.27
IV.CAR1.HHE.	ML:3.6	0.000412	0.68	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:37.60
IV.CELI.HHE.	ML:3.5	0.000306	0.56	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:43.35
IV.CELI.HHN.	ML:3.6	0.0004035	0.72	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:42.15
MN.CUC.HHE.	ML:2.6	0.00003795	1.52	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:46.37
MN.CUC.HHN.	ML:2.5	0.000029400000000000003	1.48	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:45.84
IV.ESML.HHN.	ML:3.6	0.000377	1.58	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:32.79
IV.ESML.HHE.	ML:3.6	0.0004485	1.58	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:32.77
IV.GALF.HHE.	ML:2.7	0.0000521	1.1	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:13.87
IV.GALF.HHN.	ML:2.8	0.00006225	0.56	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:11.25
IV.GMB.BHN.	ML:3.9	0.000906	0.36	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:37.54
IV.GMB.BHE.	ML:4.0	0.0010699999999999998	1.52	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:37.36
IV.IVPL.HHN.	ML:3.7	0.0005985000000000001	0.26	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:08.50
IV.IVPL.HHE.	ML:3.7	0.000579	0.82	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:09.20
IV.JOPP.HHE.	ML:3.3	0.00023349999999999998	0.5	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:35.87
IV.JOPP.HHN.	ML:3.1	0.0001585	0.58	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:35.64
IV.MEU.SHE.	ML:3.2	0.0001225	1.52	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:15.57
IV.MEU.SHN.	ML:3.2	0.00013450000000000002	1.08	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:13.89
IV.MNO.SHE.	ML:3.2	0.0001575	1.16	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:38.37
IV.MNO.SHN.	ML:3.1	0.00014749999999999998	0.96	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:42.23
IV.MPNC.HHN.	ML:3.3	0.000256	0.5	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:10.43
IV.MPNC.HHE.	ML:3.2	0.00019700000000000002	1.06	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:07.41
IV.MSFR.HHE.	ML:2.5	0.000036150000000000005	1.58	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:39.50
IV.MSFR.HHN.	ML:2.4	0.0000316	1.24	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:08.82
IV.MSRU.HHE.	ML:3.3	0.00022	0.94	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:35.17
IV.MSRU.HHN.	ML:3.3	0.00021450000000000004	0.3	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:36.44
IV.MTTG.HHN.	ML:3.3	0.00019700000000000002	0.7	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:12.78
IV.MTTG.HHE.	ML:3.0	0.00011774999999999999	0.84	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:42.30
IV.MUCR.HHE.	ML:2.7	0.00006035	1.58	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:41.64
IV.MUCR.HHN.	ML:2.8	0.000074	0.4	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:44.85
IV.NOV.HHN.	ML:3.2	0.000177	1.14	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:07.13
IV.NOV.HHE.	ML:3.1	0.000155	0.6	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:09.08
IV.PETRA.HHN.	ML:2.9	0.0000811	0.78	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:10.67
IV.PETRA.HHE.	ML:2.8	0.00006555	0.36	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:10.75
IV.PIGN.HNE.	ML:4.1	0.0007575	0.42	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:55.96
IV.PIGN.HNN.	ML:4.1	0.0007444999999999999	0.36	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:21:55.97
IV.PLAC.HHN.	ML:3.2	0.0001625	0.64	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:41.87
IV.PLAC.HHE.	ML:3.2	0.000179	0.34	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:42.13
IV.SALB.HHE.	ML:3.1	0.00011165	1.1	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:46.16
IV.SALB.HHN.	ML:2.9	0.0000688	0.38	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:47.54
IV.SOI.EHE.	ML:3.1	0.00013585	0.42	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:40.70
IV.SOI.EHN.	ML:3.1	0.0001295	0.48	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:41.35
MN.TIP.HHN.	ML:3.2	0.000129	0.96	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:41.54
MN.TIP.HNN.	ML:3.1	0.00010545	0.96	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:41.55
MN.TIP.HHE.	ML:3.3	0.0001785	0.5	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:46.16
MN.TIP.HNE.	ML:3.2	0.000164	0.5	AML	other	m	2013-08-16T08:20:46.16

TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor

Not available TDMT solution for this seismic event.

Fault Plane solutions in the area

Fault Plane solutions

The map reports the fault plane solutions for earthquakes in the region from 1977 to the date of this event. Red moment tensors are determined using the Regional Centroid Moment Tensor technique (RCMT, http://www.bo.ingv.it/RCMT) applied for earthquakes with magnitude larger than 4.5 in the Euro-Mediterranenan area. Occasionally, when a station azimuthal coverage exists RCMTs can be obtained also for earthquakes with magnitude down to 4.0. The gray moment tensors are obtained with the Time Domain Moment Tensor method (TDMT, /tdmt). This technique is applied to earthquakes with magnitude ML greater than 3.2, when it is possible. The size of symbols scales with the calculated moment magnitude Mw.

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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.2 on date 16-08-2013 and time 10:19:25 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

Seismic hazard map

Intensity Shakemap

Peak ground acceleration Shakemap

Peak velocity Shakemap

Origin

Uncertainty

Quality

ML:3.2

ML:3.2

Fault Plane solutions