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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 08-01-2021 and time 17:09:47 (Italy) in region 3 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 08-01-2021 16:09:47 (UTC)
  • 08-01-2021 17:09:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0110, 15.0960 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 3 1337 1337
Tripi ME 4 873 2210
Basicò ME 7 612 2822
Montalbano Elicona ME 7 2287 5109
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 7 1019 6128
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 7659
Malvagna ME 11 733 8392
Furnari ME 11 3784 12176
Roccella Valdemone ME 11 666 12842
Falcone ME 12 2808 15650
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 18565
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 22510
Moio Alcantara ME 13 717 23227
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 25283
Oliveri ME 13 2181 27464
Antillo ME 14 919 28383
Castroreale ME 14 2504 30887
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 34102
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 34947
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 42342
Librizzi ME 16 1660 44002
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 16 980 44982
Floresta ME 17 485 45467
Raccuja ME 17 1041 46508
Limina ME 17 836 47344
Graniti ME 18 1492 48836
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 49033
Patti ME 19 13431 62464
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 104047
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 105662
Ucria ME 19 1058 106720
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 112123
Mandanici ME 19 601 112724
Mongiuffi Melia ME 20 600 113324
Randazzo CT 20 10900 124224
Gaggi ME 20 3184 127408

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 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 1.7 2021-01-08
16:09:47		 38.0107 15.0962 8 2021-07-12
16:54:55		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 86262101
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.7 2021-01-08
16:09:47		 37.9912 15.0958 10 2021-01-08
16:19:04		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 86098481
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-08 16:09:47 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.0107 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0962 ± 0.0068
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 86262101

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 665
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 504
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 155
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 660.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 64
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 23
Number of defining phases 23
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.34
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11511
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.44966
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86262101
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-15 09:00:47

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86098481
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-08 16:19:04
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:10:02.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 52 45.621 50 0.01 49
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2021-01-08T16:10:02.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 346 41.8248 50 0.52 44
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:10:01.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 274 44.1225 50 -0.77 59
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:59.04 0.6 undecidable manual S 225 29.4483 106 1.09 35
IV.ILOS.HHE. 2021-01-08T16:09:57.01 0.6 undecidable manual P 345 49.9167 50 0.23 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:57.13 0.3 undecidable manual S 56 27.0507 107 -0.01 75
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2021-01-08T16:09:56.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 346 41.8248 50 0.63 63
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2021-01-08T16:09:56.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 189 22.3554 111 0.93 38
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2021-01-08T16:09:56.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 345 44.4222 50 0.24 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:55.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 52 45.621 50 -0.15 71
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:55.48 0.1 positive manual P 274 44.1225 50 -0.41 90
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:54.73 0.3 undecidable manual S 281 19.7691 113 -0.04 76
IV.ECBD.HHN. 2021-01-08T16:09:53.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 182 25.5522 108 0.46 69
IV.MILZ.HHE. 2021-01-08T16:09:53.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 22 31.2465 105 -0.13 49
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:53.09 0.3 undecidable manual P 225 29.4483 106 -0.37 70
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:52.55 0.3 undecidable manual S 110 12.7761 123 -0.07 76
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:52.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 211 24.6531 109 0.06 75
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:52.67 0.3 undecidable manual S 171 14.4744 120 -0.45 70
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2021-01-08T16:09:52.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 189 22.3554 111 0.26 72
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:52.94 0.1 positive manual P 56 27.0507 107 -0.05 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:51.53 0.1 positive manual P 281 19.7691 113 -0.09 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:50.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 110 12.7761 123 -0.13 75
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-01-08T16:09:50.35 0.1 negative manual P 171 14.4744 120 -0.32 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00081219905 0.2176 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:53.40
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00065983985 0.2432 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:53.08
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00096231815 0.1792 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:53.11
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001155 0.28 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:53.01
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00025102339 0.2048 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:56.20
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00027100000000000003 0.18 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:56.15
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.000201321055 0.3968 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:59.28
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001967899 0.2048 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:58.39
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00005756991 1.9328 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:10:14.50
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000041039115 1.1136 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:10:07.85
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0001701149 0.96 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:10:15.56
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00010338637 0.192 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:10:08.06
IV.EMSG.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000695483 0.2432 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:09:59.65
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00060558035 0.32 AML other m 2021-01-08T16:10:04.58
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