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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 26-02-2023 and time 12:21:18 (UTC) in region 1 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: 1 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 26-02-2023 12:21:18 (UTC)
  • 26-02-2023 13:21:18 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0180, 15.1240 at 9 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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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 1 1337 1337
Tripi ME 4 873 2210
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 6 1019 3229
Basicò ME 7 612 3841
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 8 1531 5372
Montalbano Elicona ME 10 2287 7659
Furnari ME 10 3784 11443
Rodì Milici ME 11 2056 13499
Antillo ME 12 919 14418
Falcone ME 12 2808 17226
Castroreale ME 12 2504 19730
Malvagna ME 13 733 20463
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 13 3945 24408
Oliveri ME 13 2181 26589
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 27255
Terme Vigliatore ME 14 7395 34650
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 35495
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 38410
Moio Alcantara ME 15 717 39127
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 15 3215 42342
Limina ME 16 836 43178
Roccafiorita ME 16 197 43375
Graniti ME 17 1492 44867
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 86450
Librizzi ME 17 1660 88110
Mandanici ME 17 601 88711
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 18 980 89691
Mongiuffi Melia ME 18 600 90291
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 91133
Floresta ME 19 485 91618
Raccuja ME 19 1041 92659
Gaggi ME 19 3184 95843
Patti ME 20 13431 109274
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 20 4650 113924
Gallodoro ME 20 367 114291
Linguaglossa CT 20 5403 119694
Merì ME 20 2338 122032

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 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
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2023-02-26
12:21:18		 38.0182 15.1237 9 2023-02-26
12:30:32		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 114822821
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-02-26 12:21:18 ± 0.24
Latitude 38.0182 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.1237 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 9 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 114822821

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 739
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 195
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 23
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 740.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 121
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 10
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.21
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09803
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.22123
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 114822821
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-02-26 12:30:32
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:26.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 293 18.4704 116 0.31 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:26.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 277 21.9669 112 -0.31 48
IV.EPIT.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:24.02 0.1 negative manual P 194 23.6541 111 0.26 96
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:24.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 181 15.0738 121 -0.29 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:23.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 119 10.878 129 0.06 77
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2023-02-26T12:21:23.69 0.3 undecidable manual P 54 24.5532 110 -0.23 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:23.41 0.6 negative manual P 277 21.9669 112 -0.04 50
IV.ECTS.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:22.05 0.1 positive manual P 181 15.0738 121 -0.15 99
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:22.89 1.0 undecidable manual P 293 18.4704 116 0.08 25
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-02-26T12:21:21.67 0.1 undecidable manual P 119 10.878 129 0.16 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ECTS.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00014099999999999998 0.94 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:22.67
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.5 0.00039349999999999997 0.2 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:24.71
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.2 0.00023199999999999997 0.18 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:24.72
IV.ECTS.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000292 0.82 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:24.98
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.5 0.0000260416485 0.192 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:26.46
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:0.6 0.000033278964999999995 0.1216 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:26.41
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.1 0.00008121115 0.3392 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:28.07
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.00009654509499999999 0.48 AML other m 2023-02-26T12:21:26.76
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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