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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 16-06-2021 and time 13:08:46 (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 11:08:46 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 13:08:46 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1850, 15.1180 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
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 7395
Falcone ME 8 2808 10203
Oliveri ME 8 2181 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 18224
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 59807
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 61338
Merì ME 11 2338 63676
Milazzo ME 12 31646 95322
Castroreale ME 13 2504 97826
San Filippo del Mela ME 14 7115 104941
Patti ME 14 13431 118372
Basicò ME 15 612 118984
Tripi ME 15 873 119857
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 15 4650 124507
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 126122
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 132361
Librizzi ME 17 1660 134021
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 135828
Condrò ME 18 493 136321
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 137658
Gioiosa Marea ME 20 7074 144732
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 147647
Montalbano Elicona ME 20 2287 149934

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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
11:08:46		 38.1853 15.1183 11 2021-06-16
11:17:00		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91391171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 11:08:46 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1853 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1183 ± 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 91391171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 642
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 504
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 87
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 76
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.31117
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
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 91391171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 11:17:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:55.23 0.3 undecidable manual S 157 25.752 50 -0.28 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:55.47 0.3 undecidable manual S 234 26.5512 50 -0.25 70
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:54.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 102 20.868 50 0.05 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:53.33 3.0 positive manual P -0.06 0
IV.NOV.HHE. 2021-06-16T11:08:53.10 0.3 undecidable manual S 175 17.5713 121 -0.13 75
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:53.07 0.6 negative manual P 258 34.5432 50 0.18 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:51.60 1.0 negative manual P 234 26.5512 50 -0.05 25
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:51.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 102 20.868 50 0.26 95
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:51.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 25.752 50 0.27 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:51.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 330 24.3534 50 0.11 74
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:51.80 0.1 undecidable manual S 46 13.6752 128 -0.33 96
IV.NOV.HHE. 2021-06-16T11:08:50.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 175 17.5713 121 0.14 97
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:08:49.64 0.1 negative manual P 46 13.6752 128 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00032250000000000003 1.16 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:52.85
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0006255 0.3 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:53.16
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0001575 0.8 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:55.87
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000193 0.8 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:55.56
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00005085 1.28 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:55.74
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00005305 1.18 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:56.93
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000475 1.54 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:57.94
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00006939999999999999 0.18 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:08:57.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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