Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-06-2021 and time 08:46:59 (UTC) 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 08:46:59 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 10:46:59 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1720, 15.1000 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.

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 13 612 75381
Castroreale ME 13 2504 77885
Merì ME 13 2338 80223
Tripi ME 14 873 81096
Milazzo ME 14 31646 112742
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 114357
Librizzi ME 15 1660 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 123132
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 127782
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 129119
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 132034
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 134321
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 140560
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 147634
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 149441
Condrò ME 20 493 149934

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
40 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.2 2021-06-16
08:46:59
38.1723 15.1003 11 2021-06-16
09:02:30
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91380891
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 08:46:59 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.1723 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1003 ± 0.0080
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 91380891

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 704
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 531
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 124
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 12
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29498
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 91380891
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 09:02:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:09.89 0.3 undecidable manual S 260 32.745 50 -0.48 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:08.03 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 24.4533 50 -0.12 72
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:07.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 97 22.1556 50 -0.14 72
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:06.54 3.0 positive manual P -0.02 0
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:05.39 0.3 undecidable manual S 46 15.873 124 -0.29 71
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:05.79 0.6 negative manual P 260 32.745 50 0.19 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:05.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 169 16.3725 123 -0.05 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:04.18 0.6 negative manual P 97 22.1556 50 0.21 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:04.47 0.1 negative manual P 234 24.4533 50 0.16 96
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:04.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 24.9528 50 0.41 68
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:03.28 0.6 positive manual P 169 16.3725 123 0.31 47
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:47:02.88 0.1 negative manual P 46 15.873 124 -0.01 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00024212434999999999 0.2176 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:05.59
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00016713355000000003 0.3008 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:05.57
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000557261 0.2432 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:08.21
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001450937 0.32 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:07.67
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006454687000000001 0.5248 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:07.77
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000043603795000000004 0.1408 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:08.97
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00022465705 1.2608 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:06.51
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00009132177999999999 0.704 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:47:06.08
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