Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 21-09-2013 and time 21:07:28 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 21-09-2013 19:07:28 (UTC)
  • 21-09-2013 21:07:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0390, 15.0060 at 11 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Montalbano Elicona ME 2 2287 2287
San Piero Patti ME 4 2915 5202
Basicò ME 6 612 5814
Librizzi ME 8 1660 7474
Tripi ME 8 873 8347
Raccuja ME 9 1041 9388
Floresta ME 10 485 9873
Oliveri ME 11 2181 12054
Ucria ME 11 1058 13112
Falcone ME 11 2808 15920
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 17257
Montagnareale ME 12 1615 18872
Roccella Valdemone ME 12 666 19538
Patti ME 12 13431 32969
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 34500
Furnari ME 13 3784 38284
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 41374
Malvagna ME 14 733 42107
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 14 980 43087
Sinagra ME 15 2705 45792
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 16 1019 46811
Tortorici ME 16 6435 53246
Moio Alcantara ME 16 717 53963
Rodì Milici ME 17 2056 56019
Ficarra ME 18 1469 57488
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 64883
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 71957
Castell'Umberto ME 18 3128 75085
Piraino ME 19 3962 79047
Randazzo CT 19 10900 89947
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 93892
Castroreale ME 19 2504 96396

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
49 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
56 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 0.7 2013-09-21
19:07:28
38.0393 15.0058 11 2015-01-20
11:29:03
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 10923261
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.6 2013-09-21
19:07:28
38.0422 15.0098 11 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4532931
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-09-21 19:07:28 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.0393 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.0058 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 10923261

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1970
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 5
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 13
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1970.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 165
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) 0.14
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10342
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23113
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:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4532931
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-09-21 19:13:32

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 10923261
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:11:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:37.75 0.6 undecidable manual S 291 25.6521 50 -0.14 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:36.60 0.1 undecidable manual S 111 21.2676 50 -0.12 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:33.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 111 21.2676 50 0.13 97
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:33.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 272 11.5773 133 -0.15 49
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:33.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 25.6521 50 0.03 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:33.92 0.1 undecidable manual S 96 11.4774 133 -0.12 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:31.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 272 11.5773 133 0.07 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-09-21T19:07:31.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 96 11.4774 133 0.12 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000041150000000000004 0.82 AML other m 2013-09-21T19:07:34.05
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.7 0.0000616 0.8 AML other m 2013-09-21T19:07:34.48
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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