Earthquake with magnitude of ML 3.7 on date 14-02-2023 and time 11:55:35 (UTC) in region Malta [Sea]

A magnitude ML 3.7 earthquake occured in region: Malta [Sea], on

  • 14-02-2023 11:55:35 (UTC)
  • 14-02-2023 12:55:35 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 34.8570, 14.1660 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

No Italian municipalities within 20 km distance.

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

No Italian municipalities within 100 km from the epicenter with at least 50000 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 3.7 2023-02-14
11:55:35
34.8567 14.1658 10 2024-03-01
17:18:16
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 120723931
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 3.7 2023-02-14
11:55:36
34.8477 14.1772 14 2023-02-14
12:16:15
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114432031
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-14 11:55:35 ± 0.44
Latitude 34.8567 ± 0.0288
Longitude 14.1658 ± 0.0175
Depth (km) 10 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 120723931

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3250
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1420
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 345
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3250.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 272
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 30
Number of defining phases 30
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 1.07559
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 6.71434
Number of stations at which the event was observed 27
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 27
Magnitudes information

ML:3.7

Field Value
Value 3.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 47
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 120723931
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-09-04 01:42:43

ML:3.7

Field Value
Value 3.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 50
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114432031
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-14 12:16:15
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.SENA.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:57:15.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 328 745.2873 38 0.17 13
MN.VSL.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:57:05.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 666.4329 38 0.17 15
IV.GRIS.EHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:52.57 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 561.8154 38 -0.13 17
IV.CELI.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:50.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 22 545.2431 38 0.06 18
IV.PLAC.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:38.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 26 446.9193 38 -0.13 20
IV.CROCE.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:34.70 0.6 undecidable manual S 8 221.7114 38 -0.84 26
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:32.59 0.6 undecidable manual P 17 396.4032 38 0.47 13
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:31.93 0.6 undecidable manual P 25 394.605 38 0.04 14
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:28.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 359.0739 38 0.69 19
IV.SOLUN.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:27.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 363.3585 38 -0.16 22
IV.PLLN.EHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:27.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 360 347.8851 38 0.92 17
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:27.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 6 354.4785 38 0.86 18
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:27.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 15 358.3746 38 0.44 21
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:26.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 12 336.2079 38 1.82 7
IV.MBFT.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:26.60 0.6 undecidable manual P 343 359.4735 38 -0.91 11
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:26.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 347.7852 38 0.7 19
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:25.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 358 341.9022 38 0.5 21
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:25.88 0.3 undecidable manual P 10 334.9092 38 1.41 14
IV.CORL.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:25.56 0.3 undecidable manual P 347 345.6984 38 -0.24 22
IV.CIMI.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:25.36 0.3 undecidable manual P 351 339.7044 38 0.3 22
IV.CMDO.HHZ. 2023-02-14T11:56:20.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 354 290.8866 38 1.96 7
IV.LPDG.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:20.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 298 157.4202 50 0.15 45
IV.HAVL.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:12.56 0.1 undecidable manual P 20 248.5623 38 -1.16 36
IV.HMDC.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:12.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 13 239.6823 38 -0.23 28
IV.HVIT.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:11.81 0.6 undecidable manual P 8 239.0829 38 -0.73 24
ML.MSDA.BHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:10.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 14 119.3916 50 0.15 50
IV.CROCE.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:09.44 0.3 undecidable manual P 8 221.7114 38 -0.93 37
IV.LINA.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:02.23 0.3 undecidable manual P 314 163.0146 50 -0.44 62
IV.LPDG.HHE. 2023-02-14T11:56:01.86 0.6 undecidable manual P 298 157.4202 50 0.05 46
ML.MSDA.BHE. 2023-02-14T11:55:56.09 0.1 undecidable manual P 14 119.3916 50 0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.CIMI.HHE. ML:3.8 0.00061 1.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:07.80
IV.CIMI.HNE. ML:3.9 0.0006545000000000001 1.5 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:07.07
IV.MBFT.HHN. ML:3.2 0.000129 0.4 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:07.50
IV.CSLB.HHE. ML:3.6 0.0003185 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:08.24
IV.CSLB.HNE. ML:3.6 0.000316 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:08.00
IV.SOLUN.HHE. ML:3.8 0.000536 1.58 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:08.17
IV.CSLB.HNN. ML:3.6 0.0003145 0.44 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:08.26
IV.CSLB.HHN. ML:3.6 0.00031999999999999997 0.46 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:08.27
IV.MBFT.HHE. ML:3.4 0.000175 0.6 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:09.67
IV.PLLN.EHN. ML:4.3 0.00171 0.68 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:09.06
IV.CMDO.HNE. ML:3.5 0.0004055 0.4 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:09.38
IV.CMDO.HHE. ML:3.5 0.000398 0.42 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:09.59
IV.SOLUN.HHN. ML:3.7 0.0003585 1 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:10.72
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:3.9 0.0007465 1.26 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:11.63
IV.PLLN.EHE. ML:4.2 0.001435 1.44 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:11.07
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:4.1 0.001093 0.82 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:11.83
IV.CMDO.HNN. ML:3.4 0.0003695 0.76 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:12.41
IV.CMDO.HHN. ML:3.4 0.000376 0.74 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:12.42
IV.CIMI.HHN. ML:3.8 0.000623 0.62 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:13.29
IV.CIMI.HNN. ML:3.9 0.0006975 0.6 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:13.31
IV.CORL.HHE. ML:3.7 0.00047650000000000004 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:14.64
IV.CORL.HNE. ML:3.8 0.00047799999999999996 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:14.64
IV.CORL.HHN. ML:3.6 0.000381 0.6 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:20.46
IV.CORL.HNN. ML:3.7 0.000397 0.58 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:20.47
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:4.2 0.0013 1.02 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:22.75
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:4.0 0.0009675 0.88 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:26.48
IV.PLAC.HHN. ML:3.6 0.000184 0.5 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:27.58
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:3.7 0.00042200000000000007 1.42 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:27.87
IV.PLAC.HHE. ML:3.6 0.000184 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:28.60
IV.PLAC.HNE. ML:3.7 0.00021131349999999998 0.5824 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:28.56
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:4.0 0.0009199999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:30.12
IV.PLAC.HNN. ML:3.6 0.0001571595 0.4288 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:30.55
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:3.4 0.000223 0.62 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:31.56
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:3.8 0.0004645 0.66 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:32.52
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:3.7 0.00039749999999999996 0.42 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:33.29
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:3.5 0.00020950000000000002 0.72 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:34.57
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:3.9 0.0006565 0.62 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:34.95
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:3.5 0.000263 1.32 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:35.06
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:3.4 0.0001585 0.68 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:38.89
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:3.9 0.0005335 0.66 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:41.00
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:4.0 0.000655 0.78 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:45.02
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:3.7 0.0001147 0.76 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:57:58.42
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:3.9 0.000177 0.7 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:58:07.40
IV.GRIS.EHN. ML:3.6 0.00006815 0.8 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:58:08.99
IV.CELI.HHN. ML:3.5 0.00006505 1.12 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:58:10.59
IV.GRIS.EHE. ML:3.6 0.00008015 0.9 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:58:12.59
IV.CELI.HHE. ML:3.4 0.000055400000000000005 1.16 AML other m 2023-02-14T11:58:13.06
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