Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 08-11-2021 and time 18:50:51 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-11-2021 17:50:51 (UTC)
  • 08-11-2021 18:50:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1500, 15.1010 at 10 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Falcone ME 4 2808 2808
Oliveri ME 5 2181 4989
Furnari ME 5 3784 8773
Terme Vigliatore ME 6 7395 16168
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 7 1531 17699
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 19755
Basicò ME 10 612 20367
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 61950
Tripi ME 11 873 62823
Castroreale ME 11 2504 65327
Patti ME 12 13431 78758
Merì ME 13 2338 81096
Montagnareale ME 14 1615 82711
Librizzi ME 14 1660 84371
Milazzo ME 15 31646 116017
Novara di Sicilia ME 15 1337 117354
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 124469
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 126756
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 16 4650 131406
San Piero Patti ME 16 2915 134321
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 141395
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 147634
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 19 1807 149441
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 150460
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 3090 153550
Raccuja ME 20 1041 154591

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)
60 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 1.3 2021-11-08
17:50:51
38.1503 15.1012 10 2022-03-30
13:04:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 97587841
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.5 2021-11-08
17:50:51
38.1503 15.1053 5 2021-11-08
17:56:41
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 97345171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-11-08 17:50:51 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1503 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1012 ± 0.0069
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 97587841

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 680
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 469
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 139
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 72
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.12591
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29228
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:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 97345171
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-11-08 17:56:41

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 97587841
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-03-14 10:20:21
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:51:02.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 340 29.0487 50 0.57 44
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2021-11-08T17:51:01.69 0.6 undecidable manual S 336 29.9478 50 -0.21 48
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:51:01.54 0.6 undecidable manual S 264 32.4453 50 -1.04 35
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-11-08T17:50:59.69 0.3 undecidable manual S 150 22.9548 113 -0.08 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:59.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 239 23.1546 113 0 75
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:59.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 91 21.9669 114 -0.28 48
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.79 0.6 undecidable manual S 40 17.5713 119 -0.29 48
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 167 13.9749 125 0.17 49
IV.IVLT.HHN. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 334 30.3474 50 0.19 72
IV.IVGP.HHN. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 336 29.9478 50 0.08 73
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 264 32.4453 50 -0.09 73
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:57.32 0.1 undecidable manual P 340 29.0487 50 0.11 97
IV.AIO.HHE. 2021-11-08T17:50:56.46 0.3 undecidable manual P 150 22.9548 113 0.34 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:56.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 239 23.1546 113 0.13 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:55.97 0.1 undecidable manual P 91 21.9669 114 0.04 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:55.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 40 17.5713 119 -0.09 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-11-08T17:50:54.43 0.3 undecidable manual P 167 13.9749 125 -0.09 75
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00034740694999999997 1.3056 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:50:55.82
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00018499739999999998 1.3312 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:50:55.26
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0002522641 0.3584 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:50:59.63
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00016299999999999998 1.32 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:51:00.81
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000059535529999999995 0.2944 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:51:00.10
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00007948524 0.6784 AML other m 2021-11-08T17:51:00.46
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