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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.1 on date 07-01-2023 and time 14:31:36 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.1 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 07-01-2023 14:31:36 (UTC)
  • 07-01-2023 15:31:36 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2320, 14.8320 at 124 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
Piraino ME 8 3962 3962
Brolo ME 8 5783 9745
Gioiosa Marea ME 9 7074 16819
Capo d'Orlando ME 11 13254 30073
Naso ME 13 3813 33886
Ficarra ME 13 1469 35355
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 38445
Montagnareale ME 15 1615 40060
Patti ME 15 13431 53491
Castell'Umberto ME 16 3128 56619
Sinagra ME 17 2705 59324
Capri Leone ME 18 4515 63839
Mirto ME 18 974 64813
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 19 1319 66132
Librizzi ME 19 1660 67792
Frazzanò ME 19 711 68503

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
63 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
75 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
84 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 2.1 2023-01-07
14:31:36		 38.2323 14.8318 124 2024-03-01
17:17:56		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 114619361
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.2 2023-01-07
14:31:36		 38.1407 14.8627 127 2023-01-07
14:56:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 113374391
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-01-07 14:31:36 ± 0.36
Latitude 38.2323 ± 0.0297
Longitude 14.8318 ± 0.0240
Depth (km) 124 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 114619361

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3019
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1614
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 167
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3020.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 64
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 38
Number of defining phases 30
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 1.98480
Number of stations at which the event was observed 30
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 22
Magnitudes information

ML:2.1

Field Value
Value 2.1
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114619361
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-08-04 11:43:20

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 113374391
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-01-07 14:56:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
OX.MPRI.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:38.70 3.0 negative manual Pn -1.15 0
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:31.26 3.0 negative manual Pg 22.73 0
AC.VLO.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:25.20 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.69 0
MN.KEK.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:22.63 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -0.62 0
IV.LRP.EHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:14.04 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -4.07 0
IV.PIEI.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:33:01.94 3.0 positive manual Pn -3.94 0
IV.PZIN.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:33.14 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -0.12 0
IV.AMUR.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:23.59 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.89 0
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:21.43 0.6 undecidable manual S 80 141.8469 127 0.46 38
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:15.00 0.6 undecidable manual S 99 108.114 135 -0.49 42
IV.BULG.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:32:10.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 13 210.1341 116 1.23 30
IV.MGR.HNN. 2023-01-07T14:32:10.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 16 220.3128 115 0.21 27
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:09.17 0.3 undecidable manual S 147 46.3203 158 1.12 53
IV.NOV.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:32:08.16 0.6 undecidable manual S 130 34.9428 163 0.94 39
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:08.78 0.6 undecidable manual S 86 58.9965 152 -0.42 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:07.52 0.6 undecidable manual S 102 46.4202 158 -0.53 46
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:32:06.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 224 30.3474 165 -0.01 52
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:32:06.05 0.6 undecidable manual S 170 21.3675 169 -0.46 49
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:32:02.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 80 141.8469 127 0.03 84
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:58.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 99 108.114 135 -0.24 87
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:56.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 249 75.2691 146 -0.31 68
IV.CSLB.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:31:56.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 244 75.0693 146 -0.29 68
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.04 0.3 undecidable manual P 147 46.3203 158 0.26 73
IV.EPMN.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.20 0.3 undecidable manual P 146 54.8007 154 -0.01 76
IV.EMNR.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 49.1175 157 0.69 64
IV.EMSG.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 167 46.8198 158 0.78 62
IV.IACL.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.18 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 53.2023 155 0.06 76
IV.ECBD.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 156 54.9006 154 -0.04 75
IV.EPIT.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:55.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 157 50.7159 156 0.35 71
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 102 46.4202 158 -0.55 68
IV.NOV.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 130 34.9428 163 0.23 100
IV.ESVO.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 169 51.9036 155 -0.74 62
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 86 58.9965 152 -0.93 57
IV.MSFR.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 224 30.3474 165 0.68 67
IV.AIO.HHN. 2023-01-07T14:31:54.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 129 45.4212 158 0.05 76
IV.LIBRI.HNZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:53.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 153 18.5703 171 -0.22 77
IV.IVPL.HNZ. 2023-01-07T14:31:53.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 39 20.5683 170 -0.31 76
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2023-01-07T14:31:53.33 0.3 undecidable manual P 170 21.3675 169 -0.57 70
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000054794179999999997 0.6144 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:08.86
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00008008682000000001 0.5056 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:09.73
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.1 0.00007521929499999999 0.8 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:10.40
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000042705704999999994 1.0816 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:10.11
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:2.2 0.00004953821 1.248 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:22.38
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0000453 0.38 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:21.67
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:2.2 0.000048123945 0.5504 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:21.93
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00005575000000000001 0.52 AML other m 2023-01-07T14:32:22.38
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