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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.9 on date 02-12-2021 and time 09:15:51 (UTC) in region 2 km E Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km E Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 02-12-2021 09:15:51 (UTC)
  • 02-12-2021 10:15:51 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1460, 15.2390 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
San Filippo del Mela ME 4 7115 51036
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 4 4650 55686
Castroreale ME 6 2504 58190
Terme Vigliatore ME 7 7395 65585
Pace del Mela ME 7 6239 71824
Rodì Milici ME 7 2056 73880
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 7 1807 75687
Condrò ME 8 493 76180
Milazzo ME 8 31646 107826
San Pier Niceto ME 10 2837 110663
Furnari ME 11 3784 114447
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 11 1531 115978
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 123409
Roccavaldina ME 13 1133 124542
Valdina ME 13 1355 125897
Monforte San Giorgio ME 13 2777 128674
Venetico ME 14 3911 132585
Falcone ME 14 2808 135393
Spadafora ME 15 5021 140414
Rometta ME 16 6650 147064
Oliveri ME 16 2181 149245
Tripi ME 16 873 150118
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 151455
Mandanici ME 17 601 152056
Basicò ME 18 612 152668
Saponara ME 18 3988 156656
Fiumedinisi ME 18 1409 158065
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 159084
Antillo ME 19 919 160003
Villafranca Tirrena ME 20 8584 168587

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 1.9 2021-12-02
09:15:51		 38.1465 15.2388 10 2022-03-30
13:04:36		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100801331
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.2 2021-12-02
09:15:51		 38.1408 15.2377 10 2021-12-02
09:22:22		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98043601
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-02 09:15:51 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1465 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.2388 ± 0.0057
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 100801331

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 589
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 384
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 43
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) 90
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 19
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.52161
Number of stations at which the event was observed 13
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.9

Field Value
Value 1.9
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100801331
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-02-09 09:14:15

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98043601
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-02 09:22:22
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.CMDO.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:16:13.16 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.38 0
IV.GIZZ.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:16:10.65 3.0 positive manual P -0.05 0
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:16:09.92 0.1 undecidable manual S 258 57.8976 50 0.33 87
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:16:05.72 0.3 undecidable manual S 111 43.3233 50 0.02 71
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:16:04.04 0.3 undecidable manual S 319 36.8298 50 0.06 72
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:16:04.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 322 35.3424 50 0.47 44
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:16:03.34 0.3 undecidable manual S 319 34.0437 50 0.11 71
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:16:02.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 258 57.8976 50 0.05 92
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:16:02.70 0.3 undecidable manual S 250 33.8439 50 -0.49 66
TV.GMB1.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:16:00.96 0.6 undecidable manual P 87 50.616 50 0.12 46
IV.MTTG.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:15:59.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 111 43.3233 50 -0.37 88
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:58.38 0.3 negative manual P 319 34.0437 50 0.1 71
IV.IVGP.HHE. 2021-12-02T09:15:58.42 0.3 undecidable manual P 319 36.8298 50 -0.29 68
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:58.45 0.1 positive manual P 322 35.3424 50 -0.04 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:58.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 250 33.8439 50 -0.08 72
3D.OEM9.HNE. 2021-12-02T09:15:58.24 1.0 undecidable manual P 321 34.4433 50 -0.1 24
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:57.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 357 13.875 127 -0.25 95
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:57.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 199 31.0467 50 0.1 48
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:56.66 0.1 undecidable manual S 90 9.9789 136 0.15 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:54.62 0.1 positive manual P 90 9.9789 136 0.22 97
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-12-02T09:15:54.97 0.1 negative manual P 357 13.875 127 -0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00213 1.66 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:15:57.00
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0015126962999999999 0.32 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:15:56.00
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:2.0 0.001136 0.26 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:15:57.33
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.4 0.0022942114999999997 0.2944 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:15:57.33
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0001974669 0.64 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:16:11.07
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0002734219 0.3584 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:16:05.96
IV.IVUG.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00017852045 0.2624 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:16:05.47
IV.IVUG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00016811155 0.1984 AML other m 2021-12-02T09:16:06.03
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