Earthquake (quarry blast) with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 03-08-2021 and time 08:40:50 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Melilli (SR)

A magnitude ML 1.1 (quarry blast) earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Melilli (SR), on

  • 03-08-2021 06:40:50 (UTC)
  • 03-08-2021 08:40:50 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.1980, 15.1430 at 0 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: quarry blast.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Melilli SR 3 13621 13621
Priolo Gargallo SR 6 12091 25712
Augusta SR 8 36305 62017
Sortino SR 10 8690 70707
Solarino SR 11 8091 78798
Floridia SR 13 22762 101560
Carlentini SR 14 17798 119358
Lentini SR 16 24085 143443
Canicattini Bagni SR 19 7109 150552
Ferla SR 20 2523 153075

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
20 Km NW of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
34 Km S of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
46 Km S of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km NE of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
51 Km NE of Modica (54633 inhabitants)
60 Km E of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
80 Km E of Gela (75827 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.1 2021-08-03
06:40:50
37.1982 15.1427 1 2021-12-29
11:12:53
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 98463451
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.3 2021-08-03
06:40:49
37.1693 15.0902 17 2021-08-03
06:49:31
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 93595981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-08-03 06:40:50 ± 0.1
Latitude 37.1982 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1427 ± 0.0102
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type quarry blast
Origin ID 98463451

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 890
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 520
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 259
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 890.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
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) 0.06835
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23922
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitudes information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 93595981
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-08-03 06:49:31

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98463451
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-13 12:24:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAVL.HHZ. 2021-08-03T06:40:55.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 184 26.5512 91 -0.21 94
IV.HSRS.HHZ. 2021-08-03T06:40:53.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 149 13.6752 92 0.15 97
IV.HCRL.HHZ. 2021-08-03T06:40:53.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 314 13.5753 92 0.03 100
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2021-08-03T06:40:52.03 0.3 undecidable manual P 234 7.5813 94 0.08 100
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2021-08-03T06:40:52.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 9.6792 93 -0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.HSRS.HNE. ML:0.9 0.000108897775 1.3184 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:56.12
IV.HSRS.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00011966170000000001 0.3616 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:56.63
IV.HCRL.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0001485297 1.0784 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:56.34
IV.HSRS.HNN. ML:1.0 0.00014033045 0.688 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:57.19
IV.HSRS.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00012148082499999999 0.4224 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:57.27
IV.HCRL.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00020912355 0.1792 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:40:57.86
IV.HAVL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00013900000000000002 0.24 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:41:04.52
IV.HAVL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.000115507005 1.7792 AML other m 2021-08-03T06:41:05.04
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