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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 30-03-2021 and time 19:39:35 (Italy) in region 2 km SE Falcone (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SE Falcone (ME), on

  • 30-03-2021 17:39:35 (UTC)
  • 30-03-2021 19:39:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1040, 15.1000 at 9 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
Falcone ME 2 2808 2808
Furnari ME 2 3784 6592
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 4 1531 8123
Oliveri ME 4 2181 10304
Basicò ME 6 612 10916
Tripi ME 6 873 11789
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 13845
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 21240
Castroreale ME 10 2504 23744
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 25081
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 27368
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 68951
Librizzi ME 12 1660 70611
Patti ME 13 13431 84042
San Piero Patti ME 13 2915 86957
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 88572
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 89591
Merì ME 15 2338 91929
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 96579
San Filippo del Mela ME 17 7115 103694
Raccuja ME 17 1041 104735
Milazzo ME 18 31646 136381
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 139471
Antillo ME 19 919 140390
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 147464

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.9 2021-03-30
17:39:35		 38.1042 15.0995 9 2021-03-30
17:46:57		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 88622431
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-03-30 17:39:35 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.1042 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.0995 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 88622431

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 319
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 208
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 145
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 320.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16907
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.35883
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 88622431
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-03-30 17:46:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:48.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 63 39.8268 50 -0.19 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:46.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 341 31.9458 105 0.09 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:43.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 32 21.867 112 -0.09 74
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:43.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 63 39.8268 50 0.19 71
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:42.35 0.3 undecidable manual S 142 18.7701 115 -0.03 76
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:42.04 0.6 undecidable manual P 341 31.9458 105 0.21 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:42.87 0.1 undecidable manual S 251 20.868 113 -0.16 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:39.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 32 21.867 112 -0.15 49
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:39.77 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 20.868 113 0.05 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-03-30T17:39:39.47 0.1 undecidable manual P 142 18.7701 115 0.12 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000036682815 0.128 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:43.14
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00005255 0.14 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:43.27
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000035996595 0.1536 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:42.00
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000374 1.08 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:44.96
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000093824055 0.4736 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:43.96
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00006798023 0.4608 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:43.97
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000046338795000000004 0.512 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:49.73
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000053409495000000004 4.5184 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:51.04
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00003529198999999999 0.8704 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:51.47
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000026760405000000003 1.8432 AML other m 2021-03-30T17:39:49.75
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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