Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 06-03-2021 and time 16:20:53 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 06-03-2021 15:20:53 (UTC)
  • 06-03-2021 16:20:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9770, 15.1110 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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 5 1337 1337
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 6 1019 2356
Malvagna ME 8 733 3089
Tripi ME 8 873 3962
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 9 3945 7907
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 10194
Roccella Valdemone ME 10 666 10860
Moio Alcantara ME 10 717 11577
Motta Camastra ME 10 845 12422
Basicò ME 10 612 13034
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 10 3215 16249
Antillo ME 12 919 17168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 18699
Graniti ME 14 1492 20191
Furnari ME 14 3784 23975
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 24955
Roccafiorita ME 15 197 25152
Limina ME 15 836 25988
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 28903
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 34306
Falcone ME 16 2808 37114
Rodì Milici ME 16 2056 39170
Gaggi ME 16 3184 42354
Castroreale ME 16 2504 44858
Mongiuffi Melia ME 17 600 45458
Oliveri ME 17 2181 47639
Floresta ME 18 485 48124
Randazzo CT 18 10900 59024
Gallodoro ME 18 367 59391
Mandanici ME 18 601 59992
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 67387
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 68229
Librizzi ME 19 1660 69889
Castelmola ME 20 1088 70977
Piedimonte Etneo CT 20 3963 74940
Raccuja ME 20 1041 75981
Calatabiano CT 20 5308 81289

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
53 Km N of Catania (314555 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.4 2021-03-06
15:20:53		 37.9768 15.1107 8 2021-03-06
15:26:40		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 87824361
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-03-06 15:20:53 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.9768 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1107 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 87824361

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 566
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 344
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 320
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 92
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05486
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.42448
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:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 87824361
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-06 15:26:40
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:21:04.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 48 28.3494 106 0.46 67
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:21:02.55 0.1 undecidable manual P 47 47.1195 50 -0.05 94
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:21:02.20 0.1 undecidable manual P 278 45.8208 50 -0.2 91
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:21:01.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 290 21.9669 111 -0.02 74
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:59.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 233 27.9498 107 -0.31 92
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:59.00 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 24.6531 109 0.22 94
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:59.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 48 28.3494 106 -0.09 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:58.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 290 21.9669 111 -0.14 96
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:58.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 219 22.3554 110 0.22 94
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:58.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 194 18.9699 114 0.38 92
IV.EMNR.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:58.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 203 19.2696 113 0.59 87
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:57.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 22 6.0939 144 0.16 49
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:57.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 175 10.5783 128 -0.34 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:57.90 0.6 undecidable manual S 93 10.6782 128 -0.37 47
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:56.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 93 10.6782 128 -0.24 96
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:55.91 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 10.5783 128 -0.35 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-03-06T15:20:55.71 0.1 undecidable manual P 22 6.0939 144 0.08 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00028000000000000003 0.12 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:56.17
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.7 0.000855 0.22 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:57.95
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0008169999999999999 0.82 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:57.47
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0006985 1.78 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:57.04
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000309 0.34 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:58.27
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0003995 0.16 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:20:58.35
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00007230000000000001 0.76 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:21:02.82
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006955 0.16 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:21:03.14
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00006900000000000001 1.62 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:21:04.86
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00007625 1.24 AML other m 2021-03-06T15:21:04.87
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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