Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 12-03-2023 and time 14:12:02 (Italy) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 12-03-2023 13:12:02 (UTC)
  • 12-03-2023 14:12:02 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.5080, 14.5710 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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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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An earthquake occurred to
93 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.5 2023-03-12
13:12:02
38.508 14.571 1 2023-03-12
13:19:25
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 115285011
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-03-12 13:12:02
Latitude 38.5080
Longitude 14.5710
Depth (km) 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT#SeismPicker_SO-OE
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 115285011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 400.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 101
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.13
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 115285011
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-03-12 13:19:25
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