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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-06-2021 and time 11:02:04 (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 09:02:04 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 11:02:04 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1780, 15.0910 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 7 2808 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 10 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 61338
Patti ME 12 13431 74769
Basicò ME 13 612 75381
Montagnareale ME 13 1615 76996
Merì ME 14 2338 79334
Castroreale ME 14 2504 81838
Tripi ME 14 873 82711
Milazzo ME 14 31646 114357
Librizzi ME 15 1660 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 123132
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 130206
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 17 4650 134856
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 137771
Novara di Sicilia ME 18 1337 139108
Montalbano Elicona ME 18 2287 141395
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 147634
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 3090 150724
Piraino ME 20 3962 154686
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 20 1807 156493

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)
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
09:02:04		 38.1777 15.0907 11 2021-06-16
09:16:38		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91382511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 09:02:04 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1777 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.0907 ± 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 91382511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 536
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 388
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 138
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 540.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 77
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 33
Number of defining phases 14
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33904
Number of stations at which the event was observed 27
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 91382511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 09:16:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MILN.HNZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:59.08 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.67 0
CR.STON.BHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:52.52 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -7.46 0
IV.LPDG.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:51.88 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 14.45 0
RD.PGF.BHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:38.64 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 4.56 0
IV.CIMA.HNZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:33.45 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 20.57 0
IV.APEC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:21.18 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.17 0
IV.SCTE.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:14.45 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 8.47 0
IV.FAGN.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:09.56 3.0 positive manual Pg 9.39 0
IV.TOLF.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:05.13 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.77 0
IV.USI.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:02.83 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 2.3 0
IV.LINA.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:03:00.42 3.0 positive manual Pg 13.93 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:58.45 3.0 negative manual Pg 12.75 0
IT.AVL.HNZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:43.31 3.0 negative manual Pg 5.02 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:34.96 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.31 0
IV.ACATE.EHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:23.37 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.92 0
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:22.58 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.55 0
IV.GIZZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:20.17 3.0 undecidable manual S -0.61 0
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:18.44 3.0 positive manual Pn -1.72 0
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:15.44 0.1 undecidable manual S 259 32.0457 50 -0.35 93
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:14.05 0.1 undecidable manual S 151 26.0517 50 -0.14 98
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:13.24 0.1 undecidable manual S 99 23.1546 50 -0.17 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:13.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 232 24.0537 50 -0.06 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:12.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 75 37.629 50 0.27 70
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:11.05 0.1 undecidable manual S 50 16.0728 123 -0.29 96
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:11.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 259 32.0457 50 -0.03 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:11.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 166 17.0718 122 -0.11 100
IV.SELL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:11.76 3.0 positive manual Pg 1.5 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:10.22 0.6 positive manual P 232 24.0537 50 0.35 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:10.34 0.6 undecidable manual P 336 24.0537 50 0.48 46
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:10.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 151 26.0517 50 0.17 73
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2021-06-16T09:02:09.86 0.1 undecidable manual P 99 23.1546 50 0.14 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:08.51 0.3 negative manual P 50 16.0728 123 -0.01 77
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-16T09:02:08.97 0.1 negative manual P 166 17.0718 122 0.27 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.5 0.0002855 0.7 AML other m 2021-06-16T09:02:12.27
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.4 0.0001945 0.84 AML other m 2021-06-16T09:02:13.27
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000056349999999999994 0.32 AML other m 2021-06-16T09:02:14.57
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000045950000000000006 0.16 AML other m 2021-06-16T09:02:14.60
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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