Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 16-06-2021 and time 13:15:15 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 16-06-2021 11:15:15 (UTC)
  • 16-06-2021 13:15:15 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1850, 15.0910 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 8 2808 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 12384
Furnari ME 9 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 12 41583 61338
Patti ME 12 13431 74769
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 76384
Basicò ME 14 612 76996
Merì ME 14 2338 79334
Milazzo ME 14 31646 110980
Castroreale ME 14 2504 113484
Librizzi ME 15 1660 115144
Tripi ME 15 873 116017
San Filippo del Mela ME 16 7115 123132
Gioiosa Marea ME 17 7074 130206
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 134856
San Piero Patti ME 18 2915 137771
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 144010
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 145347
Montalbano Elicona ME 19 2287 147634
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 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)
64 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
76 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 1.0 2021-06-16
11:15:15		 38.185 15.0908 9 2021-06-16
11:25:24		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91391631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-16 11:15:15 ± 0.09
Latitude 38.1850 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.0908 ± 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 91391631

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 416
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 236
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 177
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 420.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 129
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.16
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14029
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33725
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 91391631
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-16 11:25:24
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:27.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 76 37.4292 50 -0.13 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:24.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 230 24.6531 111 -0.15 73
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:23.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 101 23.2545 112 -0.06 74
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:23.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 336 23.2545 112 -0.11 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:22.67 0.6 undecidable manual P 76 37.4292 50 0.09 48
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:21.40 0.1 undecidable manual S 52 15.5733 121 -0.07 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:20.70 1.0 undecidable manual P 336 23.2545 112 0.5 23
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:20.81 1.0 positive manual P 230 24.6531 111 0.36 23
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:20.38 1.0 positive manual P 101 23.2545 112 0.19 24
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-16T11:15:18.99 0.3 positive manual P 52 15.5733 121 0.18 73
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.4 0.0002076634 0.3776 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:21.90
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00012523621 0.2816 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:21.59
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00010213323 0.4032 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:24.39
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000046999489999999995 0.3968 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:23.63
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000256118 0.1216 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:25.24
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000024514580000000003 0.576 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:28.35
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000023511095000000002 0.64 AML other m 2021-06-16T11:15:28.36
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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