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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 16-12-2021 and time 21:01:53 (Italy) in region 2 km NE Furnari (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.1 earthquake occured in region: 2 km NE Furnari (ME), on

  • 16-12-2021 20:01:53 (UTC)
  • 16-12-2021 21:01:53 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1180, 15.1450 at 9 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
Furnari ME 2 3784 3784
Rodì Milici ME 2 2056 5840
Terme Vigliatore ME 3 7395 13235
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 3 1531 14766
Falcone ME 5 2808 17574
Castroreale ME 6 2504 20078
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 7 41583 61661
Oliveri ME 8 2181 63842
Tripi ME 9 873 64715
Basicò ME 10 612 65327
Merì ME 11 2338 67665
Novara di Sicilia ME 11 1337 69002
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 12 4650 73652
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 80767
Milazzo ME 14 31646 112413
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 113432
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 115719
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 121958
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 16 1807 123765
Patti ME 16 13431 137196
Librizzi ME 17 1660 138856
Condrò ME 17 493 139349
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 140964
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 143879
Antillo ME 18 919 144798
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 147635
Mandanici ME 20 601 148236
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 155667

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
44 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
56 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
69 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 1.1 2021-12-16
20:01:53		 38.1183 15.1452 9 2022-03-30
13:04:29		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 99704351
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.1 2021-12-16
20:01:53		 38.1178 15.1502 10 2021-12-16
20:08:26		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 98599001
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2021-12-16 20:01:53 ± 0.07
Latitude 38.1183 ± 0.0036
Longitude 15.1452 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 9 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 99704351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 639
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 99
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 75
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) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16278
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.32555
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:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 98599001
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2021-12-16 20:08:26

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 99704351
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2022-01-12 16:05:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:03.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 185 26.3514 110 0.46 46
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:02.63 0.1 undecidable manual S 251 25.1526 111 0.05 97
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 333 34.8429 50 -0.19 95
IV.MSRU.HHE. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.18 0.1 undecidable manual P 63 35.5422 50 -0.2 96
IV.MCPD.HHE. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.34 1.0 undecidable manual P 270 36.1416 50 -0.13 24
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.09 0.1 undecidable manual S 155 18.0708 118 -0.24 95
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.00 0.3 negative manual P 333 32.0457 50 0.16 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.40 0.3 undecidable manual S 80 18.3705 117 -0.04 75
IV.IVUG.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:02:00.14 0.1 undecidable manual P 336 33.744 50 0.03 97
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:01:59.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 185 26.3514 110 0.24 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:01:58.85 0.1 undecidable manual P 251 25.1526 111 0.21 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:01:57.45 0.1 positive manual P 155 18.0708 118 0.1 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:01:57.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 80 18.3705 117 0.06 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2021-12-16T20:01:57.58 0.1 undecidable manual P 24 18.5703 117 0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00014952369999999998 0.1408 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.45
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00011094575 0.1664 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.50
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000684689705 0.1664 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.70
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00011642264999999998 0.2432 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.58
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00008488164 0.2432 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.70
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00015214905 0.2176 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:00.81
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00003345 1.84 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:02.93
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000053349999999999996 0.26 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:03.07
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0000880721 1.2192 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:03.61
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:1.1 0.000049558235 1.7952 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:04.93
IV.IVUG.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000045617099999999994 0.2816 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:05.37
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00009128934499999999 0.384 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:06.47
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:0.9 0.0000302454592 0.256 AML other m 2021-12-16T20:02:10.57
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