Earthquake Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), Magnitude ML 3.9, 13 February 2014 time 12:30:44 (Timezone Italy)

A magnitude ML 3.9 earthquake occured in region: Tirreno Meridionale (MARE), on

13-02-2014 11:30:44 (UTC)
13-02-2014 12:30:44 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4010, 15.2630 at 144 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	Distance (km)	Inhabitants	Cumulative Inhabitants
Milazzo	ME	20	31646	31646

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to

34 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)

46 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)

88 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)

Recent and historical seismicity

These maps show the seismic activity in different time intervals, before the seismic event to which they refer. Data reported in the first two maps come from the analysis carried out in real time by the personnel of the INGV Operating Rooms, immediately after each earthquake. The third map shows data from 1985 to the date of the earthquake: the locations are reviewed by the seismological analysts of the INGV Italian Seismic Bulletin (Bollettino Sismico Italiano dell’INGV). The localization parameters (hypocentral coordinates and magnitude) are the best possible estimate with the data available to the INGV, but are constantly updated according to further data that become available. The location and magnitude parameters, subsequently reviewed by seismological analysts, may vary.

Earthquakes of the 3 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 0.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 72 hours preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes of the 90 days preceding this event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 2.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, in the 90 days preceding this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes from 1985 to the date of the event

This map shows the earthquake epicenters with magnitude ≥ 3.0, localized with data recorded by the National Seismic Network and other collaborative networks both in Italy and in neighboring countries, from 1985 to the date of this event. The size of the circle indicates the different classes of magnitude. The colors indicate the different time intervals preceding the seismic event. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Earthquakes since 1000 AD until 2019

This map shows the epicenters of the historical earthquakes catalogue CPT15 (Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, 2015 version 3.0, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3) since 1000 AD until 2019. The size of the square indicates the different classes of magnitude. For earthquakes with magnitude ≥ 6.0, it is also shown the year of occurrence and the magnitude value. The black and white star is the epicenter of the current earthquake.

Seismic hazard

Seismic hazard maps provide probabilistic estimates of the earthquake ground shaking exceeding a given threshold in a given geographic region within a given time window. Thus, it is not a deterministic prediction - a target that may be never reached given the complexity of the earthquake physical phenomenon - nor of the maximum expected earthquake since this has extremely low probabilities to occur.

In 2004, it was published the seismic hazard map of Italy (http://zonesismiche.mi.ingv.it) that provides a picture of the most hazardous geographic regions. The seismic hazard map of Italy (GdL MPS, 2004; rif. Ordinanza PCM del 28 aprile 2006, n. 3519, All. 1b) provides the 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years of the horizontal acceleration at rock sites (i.e., Vs30>800 m/s; cat. A, 3.2.1 of the D.M. 14.09.2005).

The colours indicate the various values of the ground acceleration that have 10% to be exceeded within 50 years. In general, the colours associated to low values of acceleration refer to areas that are less hazardous and stronger earthquakes repeat less frequently although they may still occur.

Seismic hazard map

This map shows the seismic hazard map of Italy for the region where the earthquake occurred.

Shakemap

These three maps show the results of the analysis using the software ShakeMap designed to provide the level of ground shaking experienced in a region using the data recorded by seismometers and strong motion instruments and seismological information regarding the attenuation of the wavefield with distance and the site characteristics. The Shakemaps are determined for research purposes to provide fast estimates of the level of ground shaking produced by the earthquake. The maps are calculated automatically and updated as more data become available. See http://shakemap.ingv.it for additional information. The black star indicates the epicenter. The triangles show the accelerometric and velocimetric stations used in the calculation, colored according to the recorded shaking.

Intensity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of instrumental intensities. The intensity is derived through an empirical law that correlates the recorded values of actual ground shaking, e.g., acceleration and velocity, with the macroseismic intensity for Italian earthquakes, as reported in the Italian Macroseismic Database (DBMI15, https://doi.org/10.13127/cpti/cpti15.3).

Peak ground acceleration Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground acceleration expressed as percent of the acceleration of gravity (i.e., g = 9.81 m/s²).

Peak velocity Shakemap

This map shows the distribution of peak ground velocities expressed in cm/s.

Felt maps

Not available maps for this sismic event.

Locations history

Type	Magnitude	Date and Time (UTC)	Latitude	Longitude	Depth (km)	Published time (UTC)	Author	Location ID
Bulletin Rev1000	ML 3.9	2014-02-13 11:30:44	38.401	15.2627	144	2015-09-21 09:34:15	Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV	16601861
Reviewed Rev100	ML 4.0	2014-02-13 11:30:44	38.3948	15.2923	146	2014-10-21 12:08:56	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma	5520331

Preferred location and magnitude until now.

Origin information

Origin

Field	Value
Time (UTC)	2014-02-13 11:30:44 ± 0.17
Latitude	38.4010 ± 0.0117
Longitude	15.2627 ± 0.0138
Depth (km)	144 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin	manual
Evaluation status of Origin	reviewed
Version	1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type	earthquake
Origin ID	16601861

Uncertainty

Field	Value
Preferred uncertainty description	uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	1301
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)	816
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)	138
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter)	1300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%)	68

Quality

Field	Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree)	65
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation	81
Number of defining phases	81
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec)	0.41
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)	0.13220
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)	1.91645
Number of stations at which the event was observed	58
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation	58

Magnitudes information

ML:4.0

Field	Value
Value	4.0
Uncertainty	0.4
Num. used stations	59
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	5520331
Agency	INGV
Autore	Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC)	2014-02-13 11:48:56

ML:3.9

Field	Value
Value	3.9
Uncertainty	0.4
Num. used stations	2
Type of magnitude	ML
Reference to an origin	16601861
Agency	INGV
Autore	Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC)	2015-01-19 11:36:04

Picking and Arrival

SCNL	Time	Uncertainty	Polarity	Evaluation_mode	Phase	Azimuth	Distance(km)	Takeoff_angle	Residual	Weight
IV.HPAC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:40.40	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	186	188.7666	124	0.48	30
MN.TIP.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:34.70	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	56	155.5221	129	0.55	35
IV.SERS.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:32.50	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	60	142.1466	132	0.54	37
IV.AGST.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:29.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	181	126.9729	136	-0.42	39
IV.HLNI.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:29.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	196	121.6893	137	0.38	40
IV.ESML.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:26.80	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	201	93.0402	145	1.88	19
IV.PLAC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:26.50	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	87	102.3198	142	0.39	41
IV.EPOZ.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:25.30	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	185	81.1521	148	1.8	21
IV.SOI.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:23.00	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	118	77.9664	149	-0.15	68
IV.MSFR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:22.90	1.0	undecidable	manual	S	235	71.2731	152	0.46	21
IV.MTTG.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:22.00	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	139	58.2972	156	0.78	39
IV.GMB.BHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:21.60	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	117	55.6998	157	0.61	63
MN.CEL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:21.10	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	106	57.0984	157	-0.01	73
IV.AIO.HHE.	2014-02-13T11:31:21.72	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	183	47.7189	160	1.35	30
IV.MCSR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:21.20	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	184	37.4292	164	1.5	28
IV.NOV.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:21.50	1.0	undecidable	manual	S	195	42.8238	162	1.47	14
IV.MCPD.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:20.50	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	236	55.7997	157	-0.5	44
IV.JOPP.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:20.90	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	67	58.6968	156	-0.35	45
IV.MSCL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:20.50	0.6	undecidable	manual	S	112	49.617	160	-0.01	49
IV.MPNC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:19.00	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	164	29.2485	168	-0.27	73
IV.CMPR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:19.40	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	1	212.7315	120	0.23	55
IV.IVPL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:19.40	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	264	24.753	170	0.32	72
IV.MSRU.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:18.50	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	125	26.2515	169	-0.64	66
IV.MTSN.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:18.89	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	11	211.1331	121	-0.11	29
IV.SIRI.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:18.37	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	15	204.3399	122	0.1	45
IV.MGR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:17.28	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	7	194.2611	123	0.07	48
MN.CUC.HHE.	2014-02-13T11:31:17.34	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	15	182.9835	125	1.29	33
IV.FAVR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:17.64	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	229	188.0673	124	1.07	35
IV.SALB.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:17.35	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	29	188.4669	124	0.74	41
IV.MILZ.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:17.90	0.3	undecidable	manual	S	191	14.6742	174	-0.86	62
IV.CLTA.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:16.38	0.1	positive	manual	P	220	178.8876	125	0.74	57
IV.HPAC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:16.17	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	186	188.7666	124	-0.47	45
IV.PIPA.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:15.92	0.1	negative	manual	P	48	180.0864	125	0.17	68
IV.MMN.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:15.92	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	21	176.7897	126	0.51	48
IV.HBSP.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:13.32	0.3	positive	manual	P	206	156.621	129	-0.11	57
IV.CELI.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:13.53	0.1	negative	manual	P	44	154.623	130	0.29	74
IV.ALJA.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:13.30	0.1	positive	manual	P	242	150.3384	130	0.48	73
MN.TIP.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:13.48	0.1	negative	manual	P	56	155.5221	129	0.16	76
IV.T0702.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:13.76	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	26	162.615	128	-0.24	72
IV.RESU.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:12.79	0.3	positive	manual	P	232	134.5653	134	1.42	37
IV.SERS.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:12.28	0.1	negative	manual	P	60	142.1466	132	0.23	79
IV.SOLUN.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:12.82	0.1	positive	manual	P	258	154.5342	130	-0.41	73
IV.MEU.SHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:12.09	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	195	148.0407	131	-0.52	54
IV.SSY.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:11.12	0.1	positive	manual	P	187	138.861	133	-0.64	70
IV.HVZN.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:11.95	0.1	positive	manual	P	200	143.8449	132	-0.27	77
IV.CET2.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:11.75	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	25	138.6612	133	0.01	83
IV.CAR1.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:10.24	0.1	negative	manual	P	41	125.1747	136	-0.3	80
IV.GIB.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.20	0.1	positive	manual	P	247	117.0939	138	-0.65	74
IV.PETRA.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.91	0.1	positive	manual	P	238	118.2927	138	-0.05	86
IV.ECNV.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.49	0.1	positive	manual	P	208	101.4207	142	0.88	69
IV.HAGA.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.68	0.1	positive	manual	P	184	124.1868	136	-0.77	69
IV.GRI.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.31	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	65	110.7003	140	-0.02	87
IV.AGST.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.83	0.3	undecidable	manual	P	181	126.9729	136	-0.87	49
IV.HLNI.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:09.57	0.1	positive	manual	P	196	121.6893	137	-0.67	72
IV.ESML.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:08.03	0.1	positive	manual	P	201	93.0402	145	0.04	90
IV.GALF.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:08.86	0.1	positive	manual	P	219	97.7244	143	0.53	80
IV.PLAC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:08.72	0.1	negative	manual	P	87	102.3198	142	0.05	89
IV.EPOZ.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:07.28	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	185	81.1521	148	0.11	91
IV.EPZF.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:07.43	0.1	positive	manual	P	209	73.1712	151	0.76	77
IV.MPAZ.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:07.10	0.1	negative	manual	P	127	81.7515	148	-0.1	91
IV.MNO.SHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:07.15	0.3	positive	manual	P	224	71.8725	151	0.56	62
IV.EMSG.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:06.91	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	203	69.8745	152	0.43	87
IV.SOI.EHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:06.85	0.1	negative	manual	P	118	77.9664	149	-0.11	91
IV.MSFR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:06.42	0.1	positive	manual	P	235	71.2731	152	-0.13	92
IV.MCSR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.09	0.1	positive	manual	P	184	37.4292	164	0.12	98
IV.MCPD.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.14	0.1	positive	manual	P	236	55.7997	157	-0.59	85
IV.MTTG.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.96	0.1	negative	manual	P	139	58.2972	156	0.11	95
IV.NOV.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.42	0.1	positive	manual	P	195	42.8238	162	0.26	95
IV.ISTR.HHE.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.09	0.6	undecidable	manual	P	352	43.2234	162	-0.09	49
IV.MUCR.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.08	0.1	positive	manual	P	221	52.2033	159	-0.48	89
IV.AIO.HHE.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.66	0.1	positive	manual	P	183	47.7189	160	0.3	93
IV.GMB.BHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.48	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	117	55.6998	157	-0.24	93
MN.CEL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.36	0.1	negative	manual	P	106	57.0984	157	-0.43	89
IV.IFIL.HHE.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.76	0.1	positive	manual	P	287	62.3931	155	-0.3	91
IV.JOPP.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:05.42	0.1	negative	manual	P	67	58.6968	156	-0.45	88
IV.MPNC.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:04.32	0.1	undecidable	manual	P	164	29.2485	168	-0.41	94
IV.ILLI.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:04.64	0.3	positive	manual	P	280	27.75	168	-0.05	76
IV.MSRU.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:04.05	0.1	negative	manual	P	125	26.2515	169	-0.6	89
IV.MSCL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:04.95	0.1	negative	manual	P	112	49.617	160	-0.49	89
IV.IVPL.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:04.45	0.1	positive	manual	P	264	24.753	170	-0.17	100
IV.MILZ.HHZ.	2014-02-13T11:31:03.66	0.1	positive	manual	P	191	14.6742	174	-0.77	85

Station Magnitude and Amplitude

SCNL	mag	Generic_amplitude	Period	Type	Category	Unit	Time_window_reference
IV.GIB.HHE.	ML:3.5	0.0013900000000000002	0.52	AML	other	m	2014-02-13T11:31:13.33
IV.MILZ.HHN.	ML:4.3	0.01113	0.5	AML	other	m	2014-02-13T11:31:18.57

TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor

Not available TDMT solution for this seismic event.

Fault Plane solutions in the area

Fault Plane solutions

The map reports the fault plane solutions for earthquakes in the region from 1977 to the date of this event. Red moment tensors are determined using the Regional Centroid Moment Tensor technique (RCMT, http://www.bo.ingv.it/RCMT) applied for earthquakes with magnitude larger than 4.5 in the Euro-Mediterranenan area. Occasionally, when a station azimuthal coverage exists RCMTs can be obtained also for earthquakes with magnitude down to 4.0. The gray moment tensors are obtained with the Time Domain Moment Tensor method (TDMT, /tdmt). This technique is applied to earthquakes with magnitude ML greater than 3.2, when it is possible. The size of symbols scales with the calculated moment magnitude Mw.

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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.9 on date 13-02-2014 and time 12:30:44 (Italy) in region Tirreno Meridionale (MARE)