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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 26-02-2023 and time 07:42:05 (UTC) in region 2 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 26-02-2023 07:42:05 (UTC)
  • 26-02-2023 08:42:05 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0130, 15.1130 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
Novara di Sicilia ME 2 1337 1337
Tripi ME 4 873 2210
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 6 1019 3229
Basicò ME 7 612 3841
Montalbano Elicona ME 9 2287 6128
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 9 1531 7659
Furnari ME 10 3784 11443
Malvagna ME 12 733 12176
Falcone ME 12 2808 14984
Rodì Milici ME 12 2056 17040
Antillo ME 12 919 17959
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 21904
Roccella Valdemone ME 13 666 22570
Castroreale ME 13 2504 25074
Oliveri ME 13 2181 27255
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 30170
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 30887
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 31732
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 14 3215 34947
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 42342
Limina ME 16 836 43178
Roccafiorita ME 17 197 43375
Librizzi ME 17 1660 45035
Graniti ME 17 1492 46527
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 47507
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 89090
Floresta ME 18 485 89575
Mandanici ME 18 601 90176
Raccuja ME 18 1041 91217
Mongiuffi Melia ME 19 600 91817
Patti ME 19 13431 105248
Gaggi ME 19 3184 108432
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 113835
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 20 842 114677
Montagnareale ME 20 1615 116292

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
44 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Catania (314555 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 1.5 2023-02-26
07:42:05		 38.0132 15.1127 9 2024-03-01
17:18:17		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 122867821
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.5 2023-02-26
07:42:05		 38.0103 15.1138 9 2023-02-26
07:46:25		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114819631
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-26 07:42:05 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.0132 ± 0.0054
Longitude 15.1127 ± 0.0057
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 122867821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 578
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 223
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 201
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 580.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 119
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 17
Number of defining phases 17
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.25
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10342
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41099
Number of stations at which the event was observed 11
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 11
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 122867821
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-11-07 00:22:25

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114819631
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-26 07:46:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:15.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 55 25.6521 110 -0.04 49
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:14.41 0.3 undecidable manual P 273 45.621 50 -0.08 70
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:13.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 279 21.1677 114 -0.23 47
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:13.71 0.6 undecidable manual S 165 22.0668 113 -0.46 45
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:12.10 0.3 undecidable manual P 227 30.6471 50 -0.09 72
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:12.82 0.6 undecidable manual S 296 17.871 118 -0.02 50
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.33 0.6 undecidable manual S 114 11.4774 129 0.34 47
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 192 22.8549 112 0.61 64
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.48 0.6 undecidable manual S 177 14.5743 123 -0.36 46
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 55 25.6521 110 -0.01 74
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 214 25.6521 110 0.4 68
IV.EMNR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:11.22 0.3 undecidable manual P 199 23.0547 112 0.4 68
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:10.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 165 22.0668 113 -0.32 69
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:10.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 279 21.1677 114 -0.12 97
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:09.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 296 17.871 118 0.1 73
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:09.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 177 14.5743 123 -0.15 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-02-26T07:42:08.77 0.1 positive manual P 114 11.4774 129 -0.04 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00026250000000000004 0.14 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:11.55
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0008375 1.72 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:12.06
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00020899999999999998 0.68 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:12.10
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005295000000000001 1.14 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:12.70
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00023600000000000002 0.28 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:14.14
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00029549999999999997 1.54 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:14.95
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:1.4 0.00019600000000000002 0.78 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:14.44
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.4 0.00015055135 0.4992 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:15.73
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.4 0.00014732120000000002 0.3968 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:15.76
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:1.3 0.00015935 0.42 AML other m 2023-02-26T07:42:16.52
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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