Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.3 on date 08-05-2023 and time 03:37:35 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.3 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-05-2023 03:37:35 (UTC)
  • 08-05-2023 05:37:35 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2750, 14.8530 at 133 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 12 7074 7074
Piraino ME 13 3962 11036
Brolo ME 13 5783 16819
Capo d'Orlando ME 16 13254 30073
Naso ME 18 3813 33886
Montagnareale ME 18 1615 35501
Patti ME 18 13431 48932
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 18 3090 52022
Ficarra ME 18 1469 53491

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
62 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
72 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
79 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
88 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2.3 2023-05-08
03:37:35
38.2752 14.8527 133 2023-05-08
03:49:38
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 117135511
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2023-05-08 03:37:35 ± 0.46
Latitude 38.2752 ± 0.0315
Longitude 14.8527 ± 0.0298
Depth (km) 133 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 117135511

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3305
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1872
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 13
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3300.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 82
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 34
Number of defining phases 16
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.43
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.74554
Number of stations at which the event was observed 28
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitude information

ML:2.3

Field Value
Value 2.3
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 30
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 117135511
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2023-05-08 03:49:38
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SFI.EHZ. 2023-05-08T03:39:27.07 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 20.690001 0
IV.CSNT.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:39:26.81 3.0 undecidable manual Pg 23.43 0
IV.VITU.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:39:10.51 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 9.73 0
IV.NOCI.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:39:07.45 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 3.48 0
AC.SRN.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:41.52 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -1.06 0
OT.OT15.EHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:40.70 3.0 positive manual Pg 12.13 0
IV.SCTE.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:27.14 3.0 negative manual Pn -2.46 0
IV.PIPA.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:12.41 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.77 0
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:11.78 0.1 undecidable manual S 242 78.8655 147 0.02 95
MN.CUC.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:11.51 3.0 negative manual Pn 0.64 0
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:09.03 0.1 undecidable manual S 135 47.3193 159 0.38 94
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:09.53 0.1 undecidable manual S 151 57.8976 155 -0.02 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:08.86 0.1 undecidable manual S 91 57.0984 155 -0.62 87
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:08.95 0.1 undecidable manual S 323 40.1265 162 0.82 80
IV.SELL.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:07.05 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.42 0
IV.CET2.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:06.72 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.24 0
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:06.39 0.1 undecidable manual S 45 15.7731 173 -0.59 96
IV.CAR1.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:05.09 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.37 0
IV.MMGO.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:04.79 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.14 0
IY.SPDC.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:38:00.42 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.02 0
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:59.25 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.05 0
IV.RAFF.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:59.47 3.0 positive manual Pn 0.36 0
7C.SPAOL.HNZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:56.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 167 82.7505 146 0.3 90
IV.MRCB.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:56.42 3.0 positive manual Pn -0.22 0
IV.SICLA.EHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:56.35 3.0 negative manual Pn -0.43 0
IV.EPMN.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:55.34 0.1 negative manual P 151 57.8976 155 0.26 95
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:55.97 1.0 positive manual P 202 67.377 151 0.35 23
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:55.69 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 78.8655 147 -0.66 81
IV.GIB.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:55.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 247 78.7656 147 -0.55 85
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:54.94 0.1 positive manual P 135 47.3193 159 0.38 95
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:54.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 323 40.1265 162 0.36 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:54.88 0.3 positive manual P 91 57.0984 155 -0.16 73
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:53.79 0.1 positive manual P 91 32.9448 165 -0.22 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2023-05-08T03:37:53.70 0.3 positive manual P 45 15.7731 173 0.11 79
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:2.4 0.00009054999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:37:59.54
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:2.2 0.0000641 0.8 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:37:59.08
IY.SPDC.HHE. ML:2.8 0.00022449999999999998 0.34 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:04.07
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0001805 0.7 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:06.91
IV.CET2.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00011300000000000001 0.5 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:07.61
IV.CAR1.HHE. ML:2.3 0.00004905 0.44 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:08.18
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00014000000000000001 0.3 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:08.73
IV.IFIL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00014250000000000002 1.16 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:08.94
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00004935 0.66 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:09.05
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:2.6 0.00020250000000000002 0.4 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:09.89
IV.CAR1.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000029749999999999998 1.62 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:09.04
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00014350000000000002 0.46 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:10.41
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0001235 0.84 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:10.35
IV.GIB.HHN. ML:2.5 0.00016749999999999998 1.24 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:11.99
IV.MRCB.HHN. ML:2.0 0.000048349999999999996 0.42 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:11.26
IV.CET2.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0000502 0.6 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:11.58
IV.GIB.HHE. ML:2.5 0.00016149999999999997 0.88 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:11.45
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.4 0.0001305 0.34 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:12.03
IV.SELL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000020450000000000002 0.52 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:12.49
IV.MRCB.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00006835 1.04 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:14.13
IV.GALF.HNN. ML:2.1 0.00006900000000000001 0.7 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:16.39
IV.PIPA.HHE. ML:2.1 0.0000275 0.28 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:17.18
7C.SPAOL.HNN. ML:4.0 0.004555 0.48 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:18.77
7C.SPAOL.HNE. ML:4.3 0.009295 0.3 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:18.53
IV.PIPA.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0000204 0.28 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:18.49
IY.SPDC.HHN. ML:2.5 0.0001305 0.48 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:18.68
IV.GALF.HNE. ML:2.1 0.00006950000000000001 0.9 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:25.76
IV.SELL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0000125 1 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:38:38.57
IV.NOCI.HHN. ML:2.7 0.00003835 0.96 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:39:09.01
IV.NOCI.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0000309 0.28 AML other m 2023-05-08T03:39:09.07
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