Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 08-03-2023 and time 13:59:59 (UTC) in region 2 km W Basicò (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km W Basicò (ME), on

  • 08-03-2023 13:59:59 (UTC)
  • 08-03-2023 14:59:59 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0610, 15.0350 at 10 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Basicò ME 2 612 612
Montalbano Elicona ME 4 2287 2899
Tripi ME 6 873 3772
San Piero Patti ME 6 2915 6687
Oliveri ME 8 2181 8868
Falcone ME 8 2808 11676
Librizzi ME 8 1660 13336
Furnari ME 9 3784 17120
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 18651
Novara di Sicilia ME 10 1337 19988
Patti ME 11 13431 33419
Raccuja ME 11 1041 34460
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 36075
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 38131
Ucria ME 14 1058 39189
Floresta ME 14 485 39674
Terme Vigliatore ME 14 7395 47069
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 47735
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 15 3090 50825
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 15 1019 51844
Malvagna ME 16 733 52577
Castroreale ME 16 2504 55081
Sinagra ME 16 2705 57786
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 17 980 58766
Gioiosa Marea ME 18 7074 65840
Moio Alcantara ME 18 717 66557
Tortorici ME 19 6435 72992
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 114575
Piraino ME 19 3962 118537
Ficarra ME 19 1469 120006
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 123951

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
48 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
62 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.9 2023-03-08
13:59:59
38.0612 15.0353 10 2023-03-08
14:10:46
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 115110531
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-08 13:59:59 ± 0.6
Latitude 38.0612 ± 0.0279
Longitude 15.0353 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 10 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115110531

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2303
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2290
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 9
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.19156
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115110531
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-08 14:10:46
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:14.61 3.0 positive manual P -0.06 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:08.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 120 19.9689 117 0.27 96
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:06.26 0.3 undecidable manual S 262 14.2746 126 0.22 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:04.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 120 19.9689 117 -0.14 99
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:04.46 0.3 undecidable manual S 285 9.6792 137 -0.37 96
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:04.87 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 0 0
IV.ECTS.HHE. 2023-03-08T14:00:04.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 159 21.2676 116 -0.35 95
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:03.62 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 14.2746 126 0.15 100
IV.LIBRI.HHZ. 2023-03-08T14:00:02.97 0.3 undecidable manual P 285 9.6792 137 0.19 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000674 0.24 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:06.55
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006415 1.42 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:08.15
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.3 0.0001395 0.42 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:15.95
IV.LIBRI.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000052449999999999994 1.58 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:24.17
IV.LIBRI.HNN. ML:0.8 0.00008609999999999999 0.48 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:25.38
IV.LIBRI.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000084 0.42 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:25.37
IV.LIBRI.HNE. ML:0.9 0.00009735000000000001 0.68 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:25.34
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000772 0.42 AML other m 2023-03-08T14:00:27.58
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