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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-06-2021 and time 10:52:51 (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 08:52:51 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 10:52:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1790, 15.0990 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
Oliveri ME 7 2181 2181
Falcone ME 7 2808 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 11 41583 61338
Patti ME 13 13431 74769
Merì ME 13 2338 77107
Castroreale ME 13 2504 79611
Basicò ME 13 612 80223
Milazzo ME 14 31646 111869
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 113484
Tripi ME 14 873 114357
Librizzi ME 15 1660 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 123132
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 127782
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 134856
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 141095
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 142432
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 145347
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 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)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
75 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
08:52:51		 38.1792 15.0992 9 2021-06-16
09:04:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91381041
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 08:52:51 ± 0.08
Latitude 38.1792 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0992 ± 0.0046
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 91381041

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 520
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 179
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) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 102
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 11
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33185
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
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 91381041
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 09:04:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2021-06-16T08:53:08.77 3.0 negative manual P 0.37 0
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:53:06.29 3.0 undecidable manual S -1.06 0
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-06-16T08:53:04.33 0.1 undecidable manual S 75 36.8298 50 -0.09 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:53:00.00 0.3 undecidable manual S 99 22.4553 112 -0.12 75
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:53:00.60 0.3 undecidable manual S 233 24.753 110 -0.29 72
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-06-16T08:52:59.03 0.1 undecidable manual P 75 36.8298 50 -0.02 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:58.42 0.3 undecidable manual S 169 17.0718 118 -0.03 77
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:57.76 0.1 undecidable manual S 48 15.3735 121 -0.18 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:57.05 0.3 negative manual P 233 24.753 110 0.04 76
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:57.10 0.6 positive manual P 335 24.1536 111 0.2 49
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:56.75 0.1 negative manual P 99 22.4553 112 0.19 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:55.44 0.3 positive manual P 48 15.3735 121 0.14 76
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T08:52:55.84 0.3 negative manual P 169 17.0718 118 0.24 74
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001955 1.44 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:52:58.91
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000241 0.2 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:52:58.10
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00016499999999999997 1.16 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:52:58.91
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00023899999999999998 0.72 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:52:59.16
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00012325 0.32 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:53:00.23
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000052000000000000004 0.26 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:53:00.79
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00010055 0.8 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:53:01.40
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00005595 0.74 AML other m 2021-06-16T08:53:01.62
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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