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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-06-2021 and time 09:55:54 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-06-2021 07:55:54 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 09:55:54 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1690, 15.0930 at 11 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
Oliveri ME 6 2181 2181
Falcone ME 6 2808 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 12384
Furnari ME 8 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 61338
Patti ME 12 13431 74769
Basicò ME 12 612 75381
Castroreale ME 13 2504 77885
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 79500
Tripi ME 13 873 80373
Merì ME 14 2338 82711
Librizzi ME 14 1660 84371
Milazzo ME 14 31646 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 123132
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 127782
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 130697
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 132034
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 139108
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 141395
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 147634
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 19 3090 150724
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 152531

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
41 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
49 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 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 1.2 2021-06-16
07:55:54		 38.1693 15.0928 11 2021-06-16
08:08:47		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91375391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 07:55:54 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.1693 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.0928 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 91375391

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 615
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 241
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 348
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 620.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 83
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.14929
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33994
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 91375391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 08:08:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:06.96 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 37.7289 50 0.04 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:04.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 337 24.9528 50 0.5 72
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:04.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 32.0457 50 -0.58 66
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-06-16T07:56:03.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 151 25.1526 50 0.19 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:03.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 23.6541 50 0.07 75
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:02.74 0.3 undecidable manual S 96 22.8549 50 -0.21 78
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:01.82 0.3 positive manual P 74 37.7289 50 0.24 75
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:00.92 0.3 undecidable manual P 260 32.0457 50 0.21 75
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-06-16T07:56:00.07 0.3 undecidable manual P 151 25.1526 50 0.42 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:56:00.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 47 16.5723 123 -0.5 75
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:55:59.48 0.1 negative manual P 96 22.8549 50 0.19 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:55:59.95 1.0 positive manual P 337 24.9528 50 0.33 25
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:55:59.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 23.6541 50 -0.05 78
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T07:55:58.17 0.3 positive manual P 47 16.5723 123 -0.04 79
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.5 0.0002475 0.38 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:00.63
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0003415 1.14 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:01.81
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000129 1.14 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:03.99
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00008774999999999999 0.28 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:03.60
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000504 1.54 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:03.03
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00011085 1.6 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:04.14
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000286 0.22 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:05.09
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000268 0.36 AML other m 2021-06-16T07:56:05.93
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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