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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 01-10-2021 and time 07:33:36 (Italy) in region 2 km E Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 01-10-2021 05:33:36 (UTC)
  • 01-10-2021 07:33:36 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1420, 15.2460 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 2 41583 41583
Merì ME 3 2338 43921
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 3 4650 48571
San Filippo del Mela ME 4 7115 55686
Castroreale ME 6 2504 58190
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 7 1807 59997
Pace del Mela ME 7 6239 66236
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 73631
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 75687
Condrò ME 8 493 76180
Milazzo ME 9 31646 107826
San Pier Niceto ME 10 2837 110663
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 118094
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 119625
Furnari ME 11 3784 123409
Monforte San Giorgio ME 12 2777 126186
Roccavaldina ME 12 1133 127319
Valdina ME 13 1355 128674
Venetico ME 14 3911 132585
Falcone ME 15 2808 135393
Spadafora ME 15 5021 140414
Rometta ME 15 6650 147064
Oliveri ME 16 2181 149245
Tripi ME 16 873 150118
Mandanici ME 17 601 150719
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 152056
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 153465
Saponara ME 18 3988 157453
Basicò ME 18 612 158065
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 18 1019 159084
Antillo ME 18 919 160003
Villafranca Tirrena ME 20 8584 168587
Itala ME 20 1640 170227
Alì ME 20 768 170995
Pagliara ME 20 1170 172165

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
35 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 1.3 2021-10-01
05:33:36		 38.1417 15.2458 11 2022-03-30
13:04:19		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 98011691
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2021-10-01
05:33:36		 38.1417 15.2433 11 2021-10-01
05:39:31		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 96091021
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-10-01 05:33:36 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1417 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2458 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 98011691

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 519
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 465
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 113
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 520.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 96
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 14
Number of defining phases 14
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) 0.08454
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32555
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 96091021
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-10-01 05:39:31

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 12
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98011691
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-01 10:55:20
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:49.07 0.3 undecidable manual S 321 36.1416 50 0.22 70
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:48.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 318 34.8429 50 0.07 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:48.10 0.6 undecidable manual S 251 34.2435 50 -0.24 47
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:45.88 0.6 undecidable manual S 59 26.5512 50 -0.41 45
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:43.50 0.3 undecidable manual P 251 34.2435 50 0.12 72
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:43.76 0.6 undecidable manual S 183 18.9699 119 -0.34 47
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:43.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 318 34.8429 50 0.11 72
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:43.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 321 36.1416 50 -0.07 72
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:42.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 355 14.4744 126 -0.45 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:42.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 59 26.5512 50 0 99
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:41.64 0.6 undecidable manual S 87 9.3795 138 0.19 49
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:40.10 0.1 negative manual P 355 14.4744 126 -0.06 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:40.97 0.1 positive manual P 183 18.9699 119 0.04 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-10-01T05:33:39.69 0.1 positive manual P 87 9.3795 138 0.29 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00041700000000000005 0.18 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:41.88
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00048031245 0.3392 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:42.46
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0011799999999999998 0.26 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:42.54
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00024674479999999997 0.1792 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:42.52
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000067 1.44 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:44.02
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00008995 0.16 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:44.89
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00009334650999999999 0.24 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:46.71
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00007502387 0.2976 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:46.69
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00002666812 0.4608 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:48.36
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000020133295 0.7616 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:46.08
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00009718969 4.2208 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:49.87
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00010102283500000001 1.1424 AML other m 2021-10-01T05:33:48.91
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