Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 02-10-2021 and time 13:16:37 (UTC) in region 2 km W Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 02-10-2021 13:16:37 (UTC)
  • 02-10-2021 15:16:37 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1420, 15.1950 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.

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
Terme Vigliatore ME 3 7395 48978
Rodì Milici ME 4 2056 51034
Castroreale ME 5 2504 53538
Merì ME 6 2338 55876
Furnari ME 7 3784 59660
San Filippo del Mela ME 8 7115 66775
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 68306
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 8 4650 72956
Milazzo ME 10 31646 104602
Falcone ME 10 2808 107410
Pace del Mela ME 11 6239 113649
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 11 1807 115456
Oliveri ME 12 2181 117637
Condrò ME 12 493 118130
Tripi ME 13 873 119003
San Pier Niceto ME 14 2837 121840
Basicò ME 15 612 122452
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 129883
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 131220
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 132353
Valdina ME 17 1355 133708
Monforte San Giorgio ME 17 2777 136485
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 137504
Venetico ME 17 3911 141415
Spadafora ME 18 5021 146436
Antillo ME 19 919 147355
Mandanici ME 19 601 147956
Rometta ME 20 6650 154606

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
32 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
40 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
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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 1.5 2021-10-02
13:16:37
38.1417 15.195 11 2022-03-30
13:04:15
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 97387421
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.6 2021-10-02
13:16:37
38.149 15.1818 10 2021-10-02
13:25:49
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 96135631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-10-02 13:16:37 ± 0.05
Latitude 38.1417 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1950 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 11 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 97387421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 438
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 349
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 106
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 440.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 82
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12411
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.64391
Number of stations at which the event was observed 9
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 9
Magnitudes information

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 96135631
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-10-02 13:25:49

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 97387421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-07 17:02:30
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:50.06 0.3 undecidable manual P 311 71.4729 50 0.43 63
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:48.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 327 33.5442 50 0.17 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:47.56 0.3 undecidable manual S 249 30.0477 50 -0.19 71
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:47.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 63 30.4473 50 -0.17 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:44.59 0.3 undecidable manual S 170 19.1697 119 -0.12 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 88 13.7751 127 0.15 74
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 32.0457 50 0.08 73
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.80 0.3 undecidable manual P 324 34.8429 50 -0.2 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 30.0477 50 0.07 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.08 0.3 undecidable manual S 12 14.7741 125 -0.31 71
IV.IVUG.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.75 0.3 undecidable manual P 327 33.5442 50 -0.05 73
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-10-02T13:16:43.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 63 30.4473 50 -0.09 73
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:41.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 170 19.1697 119 0.03 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:40.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 13.7751 127 0.11 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-10-02T13:16:40.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 14.7741 125 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0009144330999999999 0.2432 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:43.29
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00032337710000000005 0.2624 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:43.53
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.7 0.0005664836 0.16 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:43.65
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0004282393 0.48 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:44.33
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00020764224999999997 0.2368 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:44.85
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001636022 0.2432 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:45.17
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.0000243646955 0.1792 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:47.87
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000043546229999999995 0.48 AML other m 2021-10-02T13:16:47.91
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