Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 16-01-2021 and time 09:35:36 (UTC) in region 2 km SE Motta Camastra (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Motta Camastra (ME), on

  • 16-01-2021 09:35:36 (UTC)
  • 16-01-2021 10:35:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8770, 15.1840 at 19 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
Motta Camastra ME 2 845 845
Gaggi ME 4 3184 4029
Graniti ME 4 1492 5521
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 5 3945 9466
Linguaglossa CT 5 5403 14869
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 5 3215 18084
Calatabiano CT 7 5308 23392
Piedimonte Etneo CT 8 3963 27355
Castelmola ME 9 1088 28443
Mongiuffi Melia ME 9 600 29043
Taormina ME 9 10960 40003
Giardini-Naxos ME 9 9415 49418
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 10 9623 59041
Roccafiorita ME 10 197 59238
Gallodoro ME 10 367 59605
Limina ME 11 836 60441
Letojanni ME 11 2861 63302
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 64019
Malvagna ME 12 733 64752
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 12 1019 65771
Antillo ME 12 919 66690
Mascali CT 13 14282 80972
Forza d'Agrò ME 14 911 81883
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 15 1554 83437
Sant'Alfio CT 15 1582 85019
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 15 842 85861
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 87198
Riposto CT 16 14838 102036
Giarre CT 16 27659 129695
Savoca ME 16 1732 131427
Roccella Valdemone ME 17 666 132093
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 18 9377 141470
Milo CT 18 1087 142557
Mandanici ME 18 601 143158
Pagliara ME 20 1170 144328
Furci Siculo ME 20 3382 147710
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 20 980 148690

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
42 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 1.9 2021-01-16
09:35:36
37.8773 15.1838 19 2021-07-12
16:54:59
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87272691
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-16 09:35:36 ± 0.11
Latitude 37.8773 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1838 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 19 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87272691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 596
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 244
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 352
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 93
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04946
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.71316
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitude information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87272691
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-02-18 11:12:44
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:52.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 33 51.4152 101 0.25 69
IV.SOI.EHN. 2021-01-16T09:35:49.47 1.0 undecidable manual P 74 79.1652 97 -0.37 21
MN.CEL.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:49.34 1.0 undecidable manual P 55 75.1692 97 0.11 23
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:48.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 26 33.3444 110 0.14 49
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:47.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 304 32.745 110 -0.12 49
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:46.23 1.0 undecidable manual P 289 54.6009 100 0.14 23
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:45.66 0.3 undecidable manual P 33 51.4152 101 0.05 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:44.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 346 17.1717 130 0.1 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:43.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 22 11.2776 144 -0.01 51
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:42.40 0.6 undecidable manual S 275 5.4945 161 0.1 51
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:42.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 304 32.745 110 0.06 74
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:42.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 26 33.3444 110 -0.16 48
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:42.55 1.0 undecidable manual P 258 29.2485 113 0.22 24
IV.EFIU.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:40.28 1.0 undecidable manual P 167 9.9789 147 0.28 24
IV.EMNR.HHE. 2021-01-16T09:35:40.63 1.0 undecidable manual P 244 15.3735 134 0.1 25
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:40.49 0.6 undecidable manual P 346 17.1717 130 -0.25 49
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:39.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 11.2776 144 -0.16 100
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-01-16T09:35:39.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 275 5.4945 161 -0.16 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0007875000000000001 0.24 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:42.74
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00043350849999999994 0.224 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:42.64
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000486 0.2 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:43.68
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000568 0.2 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:43.79
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.4 0.001685 0.36 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:44.53
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.2 0.001085433 0.2432 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:44.87
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0002985 0.28 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:47.98
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00018696475 0.3008 AML other m 2021-01-16T09:35:48.41
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