Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 17-06-2021 and time 05:04:06 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 17-06-2021 05:04:06 (UTC)
  • 17-06-2021 07:04:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1670, 15.1030 at 6 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
Falcone ME 6 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 6 2181 4989
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 12384
Furnari ME 7 3784 16168
Rodì Milici ME 9 2056 18224
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 61338
Castroreale ME 12 2504 63842
Basicò ME 12 612 64454
Patti ME 12 13431 77885
Merì ME 13 2338 80223
Tripi ME 13 873 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 17 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)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 0.6 2021-06-17
05:04:06
38.1673 15.1028 6 2021-06-17
05:18:36
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 91430281
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-06-17 05:04:06 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1673 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1028 ± 0.0092
Depth (km) 6 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 91430281

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 754
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 205
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 267
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 750.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 108
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 13
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41279
Number of stations at which the event was observed 16
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 91430281
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-06-17 05:18:36
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IMOL.HNZ. 2021-06-17T05:05:58.01 3.0 negative manual Pg 20.35 0
HL.VLS.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:05:52.92 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 0.61 0
IV.OSSC.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:05:25.74 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -4.03 0
IV.MESG.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:05:23.68 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.61 0
IV.SRES.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:05:16.21 3.0 positive manual Pg 8.14 0
IV.PTRJ.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:58.89 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 9.13 0
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:51.87 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 5.58 0
IV.VTIR.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:48.93 3.0 negative manual Pg 6.44 0
IV.ACATE.EHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:40.36 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.07 0
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:21.56 0.6 undecidable manual S 177 45.8208 50 -0.32 61
IV.ESAL.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:15.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 177 45.8208 50 0.24 92
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:15.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 335 25.5522 103 0.37 62
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:14.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 152 24.5532 104 -0.06 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:14.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 235 24.2535 104 -0.46 61
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:12.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 169 15.7731 111 0.37 63
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:11.63 0.3 undecidable manual P 335 25.5522 103 0.32 94
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:11.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 44 16.0728 110 -0.36 63
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:11.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 152 24.5532 104 0.42 92
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:11.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 338 27.3504 102 -0.05 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:10.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 235 24.2535 104 -0.18 97
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:09.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 169 15.7731 111 -0.11 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-06-17T05:04:09.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 44 16.0728 110 -0.32 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.5 0.0000191 0.72 AML other m 2021-06-17T05:04:15.74
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.5 0.000020450000000000002 0.8 AML other m 2021-06-17T05:04:22.79
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00013708394 0.2208 AML other m 2021-06-17T05:04:11.79
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00003758412 0.4832 AML other m 2021-06-17T05:04:12.66
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