Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 04-06-2014 and time 09:53:58 (UTC) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude Md 1.5 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 04-06-2014 09:53:58 (UTC)
  • 04-06-2014 11:53:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1690, 15.0320 at 15 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.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Oliveri ME 5 2181 2181
Patti ME 7 13431 15612
Falcone ME 7 2808 18420
Montagnareale ME 8 1615 20035
Librizzi ME 10 1660 21695
Furnari ME 11 3784 25479
Terme Vigliatore ME 12 7395 32874
Basicò ME 12 612 33486
Gioiosa Marea ME 12 7074 40560
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 13 1531 42091
Rodì Milici ME 14 2056 44147
San Piero Patti ME 14 2915 47062
Tripi ME 14 873 47935
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 14 3090 51025
Piraino ME 15 3962 54987
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 57274
Raccuja ME 16 1041 58315
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 17 41583 99898
Castroreale ME 18 2504 102402
Brolo ME 18 5783 108185
Sinagra ME 19 2705 110890
Merì ME 19 2338 113228
Ucria ME 19 1058 114286
Ficarra ME 19 1469 115755
Novara di Sicilia ME 19 1337 117092
Milazzo ME 19 31646 148738

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
54 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
63 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
74 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.5 2014-06-04
09:53:58
38.1688 15.0323 15 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 16894701
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.7 2014-06-04
09:53:58
38.1763 15.0323 11 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 6701081
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-06-04 09:53:58 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.1688 ± 0.0072
Longitude 15.0323 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 15 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 16894701

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 675
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 523
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 355
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 197
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 13
Number of defining phases 12
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.17
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25271
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitudes information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 16894701
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-02-05 15:57:57

Md:1.7

Field Value
Value 1.7
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6701081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-06-04 10:18:08
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:14.08 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.1 0
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2014-06-04T09:54:09.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 95 28.0497 104 0.14 73
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:08.23 0.6 undecidable manual S 258 26.8509 105 -0.34 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:08.94 0.6 undecidable manual S 141 28.0497 104 0.06 50
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:06.95 0.3 undecidable manual S 124 20.7681 113 -0.08 74
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:06.82 0.3 undecidable manual S 225 19.6692 115 0.06 74
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:06.19 0.3 undecidable manual S 150 18.0708 117 -0.19 73
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:04.30 0.6 positive manual P 258 26.8509 105 -0.14 50
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2014-06-04T09:54:04.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 95 28.0497 104 0.03 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:04.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 141 28.0497 104 -0.24 95
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:03.30 0.1 positive manual P 150 18.0708 117 0.13 99
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:03.60 0.1 positive manual P 124 20.7681 113 0.05 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-06-04T09:54:03.61 0.1 positive manual P 225 19.6692 115 0.22 96
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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