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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 02-01-2021 and time 18:58:41 (Italy) in region 3 km SW Militello Rosmarino (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SW Militello Rosmarino (ME), on

  • 02-01-2021 17:58:41 (UTC)
  • 02-01-2021 18:58:41 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0300, 14.6550 at 8 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
Militello Rosmarino ME 3 1324 1324
Alcara li Fusi ME 4 1980 3304
Sant'Agata di Militello ME 5 12624 15928
San Fratello ME 5 3707 19635
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 6 1996 21631
Acquedolci ME 7 5744 27375
Torrenova ME 7 4386 31761
Longi ME 9 1473 33234
Frazzanò ME 9 711 33945
Capri Leone ME 10 4515 38460
Galati Mamertino ME 10 2627 41087
Mirto ME 11 974 42061
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 12 1319 43380
Castell'Umberto ME 15 3128 46508
Tortorici ME 15 6435 52943
Naso ME 16 3813 56756
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 70010
Ficarra ME 18 1469 71479
Sinagra ME 18 2705 74184
Caronia ME 19 3364 77548

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
65 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 Km NW of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
79 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
81 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
87 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 1.4 2021-01-02
17:58:41		 38.0303 14.6548 8 2021-07-12
16:54:55		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86030601
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2021-01-02
17:58:41		 38.044 14.6505 9 2021-01-02
18:46:20		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 85972391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-02 17:58:41 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.0303 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.6548 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 86030601

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1198
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 60
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 355
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 122
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04946
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49643
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitudes information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86030601
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-04 18:00:38

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 85972391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-02 18:46:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:58.22 0.3 undecidable manual S 97 51.0156 50 -0.12 68
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:58.80 0.6 undecidable manual S 259 53.2023 50 -0.13 45
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:51.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 53.2023 50 -0.33 65
IV.GIB.HHE. 2021-01-02T17:58:51.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 266 55.1004 50 -0.02 69
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:51.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 97 51.0156 50 0.09 68
IV.PLLN.EHN. 2021-01-02T17:58:50.91 0.3 undecidable manual P 265 44.9217 50 0.56 62
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2021-01-02T17:58:50.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 36 47.7189 50 -0.04 69
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:49.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 36.2415 50 0.03 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:48.98 0.6 undecidable manual S 86 19.1697 113 0.08 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:45.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 86 19.1697 113 -0.01 98
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:45.03 0.6 undecidable manual S 274 5.4945 146 -0.07 49
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-01-02T17:58:43.63 0.1 undecidable manual P 274 5.4945 146 -0.02 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00054208985 0.1536 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:45.24
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00035500665 0.1408 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:45.38
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000142812245 1.0496 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:48.72
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00020800000000000001 0.3 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:49.29
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00011807118 0.3328 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:51.07
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:1.7 0.0001872401 1.9712 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:53.36
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00012024597000000001 2.5984 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:53.82
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00005041567 2.8032 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:59:01.24
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0001351752 0.9216 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:58:59.65
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000036060385000000004 3.5456 AML other m 2021-01-02T17:59:11.21
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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