Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.7 on date 03-12-2021 and time 20:55:08 (Italy) in region 2 km NW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NW Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME), on

  • 03-12-2021 19:55:08 (UTC)
  • 03-12-2021 20:55:08 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1550, 15.2030 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 4 7395 48978
Merì ME 4 2338 51316
Rodì Milici ME 6 2056 53372
Castroreale ME 6 2504 55876
San Filippo del Mela ME 6 7115 62991
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 7 4650 67641
Milazzo ME 8 31646 99287
Furnari ME 9 3784 103071
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 104602
Pace del Mela ME 10 6239 110841
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 10 1807 112648
Condrò ME 11 493 113141
Falcone ME 11 2808 115949
Oliveri ME 13 2181 118130
San Pier Niceto ME 13 2837 120967
Torregrotta ME 14 7431 128398
Tripi ME 15 873 129271
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 130404
Valdina ME 15 1355 131759
Monforte San Giorgio ME 16 2777 134536
Venetico ME 16 3911 138447
Basicò ME 16 612 139059
Novara di Sicilia ME 17 1337 140396
Spadafora ME 17 5021 145417
Rometta ME 19 6650 152067
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 19 1019 153086
Mandanici ME 20 601 153687

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
31 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
39 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
60 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
73 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 1.7 2021-12-03
19:55:08
38.1552 15.2027 11 2022-03-30
13:04:33
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 100275651
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 1.7 2021-12-03
19:55:08
38.1468 15.2045 11 2021-12-03
20:07:35
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98103271
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-03 19:55:08 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1552 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.2027 ± 0.0046
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 100275651

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 551
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 381
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 149
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 550.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 123
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) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.11781
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66370
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 100275651
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-28 15:57:21

ML:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98103271
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-03 20:07:35
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHE. 2021-12-03T19:55:20.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 107 73.6707 50 -0.06 68
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:19.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 193 31.1466 50 0.35 46
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2021-12-03T19:55:18.28 0.3 undecidable manual P 256 55.0005 50 0.2 68
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:18.68 0.6 undecidable manual S 247 31.2465 50 -0.37 46
TV.GMB1.HHE. 2021-12-03T19:55:17.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 88 53.7018 50 -0.03 71
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:16.49 0.1 undecidable manual P 111 46.62 50 -0.29 91
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:14.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 247 31.2465 50 -0.02 74
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:14.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 34.1436 50 0.07 73
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:14.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 193 31.1466 50 0.2 71
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:14.27 0.6 undecidable manual S 202 15.2736 124 -0.24 49
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:14.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 325 32.745 50 -0.04 74
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:13.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 94 13.0758 129 0.07 50
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:11.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 202 15.2736 124 -0.03 76
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-03T19:55:11.58 0.1 positive manual P 94 13.0758 129 0.12 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0010023728000000001 0.2944 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.34
IV.NOV.HNN. ML:1.6 0.000382 0.24 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.35
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008371333000000001 0.1664 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.32
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00099426755 0.2432 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.35
IV.NOV.HNE. ML:1.6 0.000334 0.2 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.62
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008428739 0.2176 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:14.63
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00009056538 0.3584 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:21.22
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00015056365 0.0768 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:21.98
IV.MTTG.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00009843071 0.7584 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:22.45
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:1.6 0.0001724865 0.2816 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:28.18
IV.MTTG.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00009315718500000001 0.8576 AML other m 2021-12-03T19:55:33.52
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