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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.5 on date 22-10-2013 and time 04:34:36 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Montalbano Elicona (ME), on

  • 22-10-2013 02:34:36 (UTC)
  • 22-10-2013 04:34:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0030, 15.0320 at 7 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
Montalbano Elicona ME 3 2287 2287
Basicò ME 7 612 2899
Roccella Valdemone ME 8 666 3565
San Piero Patti ME 8 2915 6480
Tripi ME 8 873 7353
Novara di Sicilia ME 9 1337 8690
Malvagna ME 9 733 9423
Floresta ME 11 485 9908
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 11 980 10888
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 11605
Raccuja ME 12 1041 12646
Librizzi ME 12 1660 14306
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 13 1019 15325
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 16856
Falcone ME 14 2808 19664
Oliveri ME 14 2181 21845
Ucria ME 14 1058 22903
Furnari ME 14 3784 26687
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 15 3945 30632
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 33847
Randazzo CT 16 10900 44747
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 46362
Patti ME 16 13431 59793
Rodì Milici ME 17 2056 61849
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 62694
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 65784
Tortorici ME 18 6435 72219
Sinagra ME 18 2705 74924
Terme Vigliatore ME 19 7395 82319
Antillo ME 19 919 83238
Castroreale ME 19 2504 85742

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
55 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 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 0.5 2013-10-22
02:34:36		 38.0027 15.0317 7 2015-01-20
11:29:30		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6788861
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.5 2013-10-22
02:34:36		 37.9967 15.0352 7 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4712211
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-10-22 02:34:36 ± 0.17
Latitude 38.0027 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.0317 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 7 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6788861

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 932
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 696
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 185
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 930.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 187
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) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.08633
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16817
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:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 6788861
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:28:54

ML:0.5

Field Value
Value 0.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4712211
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-10-22 02:38:52
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:43.49 0.3 undecidable manual S 101 17.9709 110 0.19 73
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:43.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 68 18.6702 109 0.17 73
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:42.18 0.3 undecidable manual S 288 14.4744 114 0 76
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:40.57 0.1 undecidable manual P 68 18.6702 109 -0.05 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:40.38 0.1 positive manual P 101 17.9709 110 -0.11 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:40.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 73 9.5793 124 -0.09 76
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:39.94 0.1 positive manual P 288 14.4744 114 0.09 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-10-22T02:34:38.86 0.1 positive manual P 73 9.5793 124 -0.13 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000272 1.04 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:44.67
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.4 0.000024800000000000003 0.54 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:44.51
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000044999999999999996 0.32 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:44.30
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.5 0.000029949999999999996 0.28 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:45.07
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.3 0.00002295 1.2 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:42.78
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00003185 0.5 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:42.93
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000054449999999999995 0.54 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:41.17
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.5 0.00004905 0.2 AML other m 2013-10-22T02:34:41.47
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