Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 12-07-2021 and time 13:56:34 (Italy) in region 2 km W Oliveri (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Oliveri (ME), on

  • 12-07-2021 11:56:34 (UTC)
  • 12-07-2021 13:56:34 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1340, 15.0380 at 8 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 2 2181 2181
Falcone ME 4 2808 4989
Patti ME 7 13431 18420
Montagnareale ME 8 1615 20035
Librizzi ME 8 1660 21695
Basicò ME 8 612 22307
Furnari ME 8 3784 26091
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 27622
Tripi ME 11 873 28495
Terme Vigliatore ME 11 7395 35890
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 38805
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 40861
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 43148
Gioiosa Marea ME 13 7074 50222
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 53312
Raccuja ME 14 1041 54353
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 55690
Piraino ME 16 3962 59652
Castroreale ME 16 2504 62156
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 16 41583 103739
Ucria ME 17 1058 104797
Sinagra ME 17 2705 107502
Brolo ME 19 5783 113285
Ficarra ME 19 1469 114754
Merì ME 19 2338 117092
Floresta ME 20 485 117577

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
53 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
70 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 1.3 2021-07-12
11:56:34		 38.1345 15.0382 8 2021-07-12
12:09:09		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 92665201
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-07-12 11:56:34 ± 0.1
Latitude 38.1345 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.0382 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 92665201

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 590
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 339
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 13
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 590.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.2
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.36512
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 14
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 92665201
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-07-12 12:09:09
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CAGR.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:49.51 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.12 0
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:48.29 1.0 undecidable manual S 254 40.5261 50 -0.25 30
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:44.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 267 26.8509 107 -0.25 63
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:44.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 87 27.4503 106 -0.28 62
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:43.61 0.3 undecidable manual S 137 24.8529 108 -0.03 99
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:43.68 3.0 undecidable manual P 0
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:42.54 0.6 undecidable manual P 177 35.8419 50 0.62 57
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:42.55 0.3 undecidable manual P 254 40.5261 50 -0.08 93
IV.EMNR.HHE. 2021-07-12T11:56:41.86 1.0 undecidable manual P 182 35.2425 50 0.04 32
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2021-07-12T11:56:41.01 0.6 undecidable manual P 165 28.9488 106 0.42 60
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:41.32 0.3 undecidable manual S 235 17.5713 115 0.04 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:40.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 87 27.4503 106 0.03 99
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:40.75 0.6 undecidable manual P 349 27.2505 106 0.47 60
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:40.25 0.3 undecidable manual S 144 14.6742 119 -0.11 100
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:40.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 267 26.8509 107 -0.19 96
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:39.81 0.3 undecidable manual P 137 24.8529 108 0 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:38.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 235 17.5713 115 0.07 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-07-12T11:56:37.67 0.3 undecidable manual P 144 14.6742 119 -0.25 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0007925 1.78 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:41.92
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0007835000000000001 0.9 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:41.50
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00017999999999999998 1.02 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:41.93
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.2 0.000157 0.52 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:41.43
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00005995 0.9 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:44.15
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000145 0.56 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:44.44
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00039650000000000004 0.24 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:44.76
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000122 0.22 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:45.28
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00024249999999999999 0.62 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:45.12
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00012695 0.74 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:45.46
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0000619 0.72 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:47.29
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.000127969425 0.2624 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:50.51
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000021114355000000003 0.7808 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:51.45
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:0.9 0.000026244049999999998 2.24 AML other m 2021-07-12T11:56:51.08
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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