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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.4 on date 26-01-2021 and time 12:13:26 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.4 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 26-01-2021 11:13:26 (UTC)
  • 26-01-2021 12:13:26 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8450, 15.4940 at 4 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
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 15 1554 1554
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 16 9377 10931
Forza d'Agrò ME 16 911 11842
Furci Siculo ME 16 3382 15224
Letojanni ME 17 2861 18085
Roccalumera ME 17 4141 22226
Nizza di Sicilia ME 18 3667 25893
Savoca ME 18 1732 27625
Taormina ME 19 10960 38585
Gallodoro ME 19 367 38952
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 41491
Giardini-Naxos ME 19 9415 50906
Castelmola ME 19 1088 51994
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 20 842 52836
Pagliara ME 20 1170 54006

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
39 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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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 2.4 2021-01-26
11:13:26		 37.8448 15.4937 4 2021-07-12
16:54:59		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 87405671
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.4 2021-01-26
11:13:26		 37.8458 15.4988 5 2021-01-26
11:42:01		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 86596041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-01-26 11:13:26 ± 0.16
Latitude 37.8448 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.4937 ± 0.0091
Depth (km) 4 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87405671

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 837
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 499
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 303
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 840.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 133
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 39
Number of defining phases 39
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.23023
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.19250
Number of stations at which the event was observed 28
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 28
Magnitudes information

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 20
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87405671
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-05 13:41:32

ML:2.4

Field Value
Value 2.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 26
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 86596041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-01-26 11:42:01
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HPAC.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:14:06.06 0.6 undecidable manual S 198 132.3675 50 0.53 36
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:14:01.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 116.4945 50 0.02 42
IV.HSRS.HNN. 2021-01-26T11:13:54.12 0.6 undecidable manual S 196 86.7465 50 0.75 36
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2021-01-26T11:13:50.63 0.6 undecidable manual S 213 74.37 50 0.58 40
IV.HPAC.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:48.99 0.3 undecidable manual P 198 132.3675 50 0.05 60
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:48.40 0.6 undecidable manual P 275 126.0738 50 0.43 38
IV.HMDC.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:46.05 0.3 undecidable manual P 213 116.4945 50 -0.44 58
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2021-01-26T11:13:43.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 91.1421 50 0.72 55
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:42.66 0.6 undecidable manual S 2 46.5201 95 0.19 46
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:41.26 0.3 undecidable manual P 206 84.7485 50 -0.33 63
IV.HSRS.HNN. 2021-01-26T11:13:41.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 196 86.7465 50 -0.38 41
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:40.25 0.6 undecidable manual P 324 75.4689 50 0.08 45
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:40.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 285 81.6516 50 -0.56 60
IV.HCRL.HHN. 2021-01-26T11:13:39.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 213 74.37 50 -0.14 89
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:39.73 0.6 undecidable manual S 303 37.2294 97 0.45 45
IV.IVPL.HNE. 2021-01-26T11:13:39.65 1.0 undecidable manual P 323 74.0703 50 -0.3 22
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:39.70 0.6 undecidable manual P 225 77.5668 50 -0.79 37
IV.ESAL.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:38.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 253 33.0447 98 0.18 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:38.53 0.3 undecidable manual S 340 35.6421 97 -0.2 71
IV.ESCV.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:38.53 0.6 undecidable manual P 260 60.495 50 0.68 39
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:38.89 0.1 undecidable manual P 206 68.8755 50 -0.26 88
IV.SOI.EHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:37.14 0.6 undecidable manual P 63 55.2003 50 0.1 47
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:37.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 268 55.7997 50 0.08 70
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:37.53 1.0 undecidable manual S 277 32.8449 98 -0.25 24
MN.CEL.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:37.35 1.0 undecidable manual P 37 57.7977 50 -0.1 23
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:36.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 302 26.751 99 0.51 45
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:36.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 292 58.497 50 -0.62 61
IV.EFIU.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:35.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 256 25.5522 100 0.35 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:35.82 0.1 undecidable manual P 2 46.5201 95 0.2 93
IV.EMNR.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:34.66 0.6 undecidable manual P 266 41.1255 96 0.12 48
IV.EVRN.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.80 0.6 undecidable manual P 241 35.8419 97 0.3 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.52 0.1 undecidable manual P 340 35.6421 97 0.06 97
IV.EPIT.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.99 1.0 undecidable manual P 265 38.4282 97 -0.03 24
IV.EPOZ.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.17 0.6 undecidable manual P 234 32.9448 98 0.25 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.38 0.1 positive manual P 303 37.2294 97 -0.4 90
IV.ESAL.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:33.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 253 33.0447 98 0.29 70
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2021-01-26T11:13:32.37 0.1 undecidable manual P 277 32.8449 98 -0.54 88
IV.EFIU.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:31.33 0.1 positive manual P 256 25.5522 100 -0.14 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-01-26T11:13:31.70 0.1 positive manual P 302 26.751 99 0 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00101056375 0.2176 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:37.15
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0019258734000000002 0.1984 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:37.69
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0014361134999999999 0.256 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:39.32
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00120775555 0.384 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:40.68
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.9 0.003098996 0.3968 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:41.06
IV.EVRN.HNN. ML:2.6 0.0015822555 0.4608 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:41.44
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0025549965 1.5648 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:41.06
IV.EVRN.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0014983715000000002 0.2048 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:42.87
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.2 0.000535 1.1 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:43.08
IV.EVRN.HNE. ML:2.6 0.0017121979999999998 0.3456 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:43.25
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0003812987 0.3008 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:43.56
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0005560000000000001 0.7 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:47.09
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00041400000000000003 0.38 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:50.45
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.9 0.00013166285 0.384 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:52.41
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00014028005 0.8448 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:53.85
IV.SSY.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0008621555 0.1408 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:57.44
IV.SSY.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0003490073 0.1792 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:13:58.72
IV.HMDC.HNE. ML:2.4 0.00019104169999999997 0.8 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:14:06.83
IV.HMDC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00012982395 0.4608 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:14:09.04
IV.HMDC.HHN. ML:2.3 0.00015276145 0.7232 AML other m 2021-01-26T11:14:09.94
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