Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 20-08-2013 and time 23:33:40 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 20-08-2013 21:33:40 (UTC)
  • 20-08-2013 23:33:40 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1900, 14.9120 at 11 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 3 7074 7074
Piraino ME 5 3962 11036
Montagnareale ME 7 1615 12651
Patti ME 7 13431 26082
Brolo ME 8 5783 31865
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 9 3090 34955
Librizzi ME 11 1660 36615
Ficarra ME 12 1469 38084
Sinagra ME 13 2705 40789
Naso ME 13 3813 44602
Castell'Umberto ME 15 3128 47730
Oliveri ME 15 2181 49911
Raccuja ME 15 1041 50952
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 64206
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 67121
Ucria ME 16 1058 68179
Falcone ME 17 2808 70987
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 72306
Mirto ME 18 974 73280
Tortorici ME 19 6435 79715
Basicò ME 19 612 80327
Frazzanò ME 20 711 81038

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
56 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
65 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
78 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 0.9 2013-08-20
21:33:40
38.1905 14.9123 11 2015-01-20
11:28:30
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4764161
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.9 2013-08-20
21:33:40
38.0412 14.8422 20 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4304341
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-08-20 21:33:40 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1905 ± 0.0036
Longitude 14.9123 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 11 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4764161

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 430
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 170
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 4
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 430.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 247
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15019
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33365
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4304341
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-08-20 21:48:44

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4764161
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:26:28
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:52.85 0.1 undecidable manual S 131 37.0296 50 -0.07 96
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:50.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 133 26.6511 50 0.05 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:47.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 131 37.0296 50 0 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:47.51 0.1 undecidable manual S 192 16.6722 50 0.03 100
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:47.64 0.1 undecidable manual S 244 17.6712 50 -0.09 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:46.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 133 26.6511 50 0 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:44.59 0.1 undecidable manual P 192 16.6722 50 0.04 100
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-20T21:33:44.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 244 17.6712 50 0.08 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000308 0.4 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:33:53.90
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000214 1.42 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:34:58.43
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005945 0.4 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:33:47.92
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00004915 1.24 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:33:47.82
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0001001 0.18 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:33:47.67
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00008285000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2013-08-20T21:33:47.83
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