Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 29-06-2014 and time 05:19:02 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude Md 1.5 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 29-06-2014 05:19:02 (UTC)
  • 29-06-2014 07:19:02 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8400, 15.3570 at 1 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

Event type: experimental explosion.

Search earthquakes: Any within 30 km radius

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
Letojanni ME 6 2861 2861
Taormina ME 7 10960 13821
Giardini-Naxos ME 7 9415 23236
Castelmola ME 7 1088 24324
Forza d'Agrò ME 9 911 25235
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 9 1554 26789
Gallodoro ME 9 367 27156
Mongiuffi Melia ME 10 600 27756
Calatabiano CT 11 5308 33064
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 12 9377 42441
Gaggi ME 12 3184 45625
Roccafiorita ME 13 197 45822
Graniti ME 13 1492 47314
Savoca ME 13 1732 49046
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 49888
Limina ME 14 836 50724
Furci Siculo ME 14 3382 54106
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 14 9623 63729
Roccalumera ME 16 4141 67870
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 71833
Pagliara ME 16 1170 73003
Mascali CT 17 14282 87285
Nizza di Sicilia ME 17 3667 90952
Motta Camastra ME 17 845 91797
Riposto CT 18 14838 106635
Antillo ME 18 919 107554
Mandanici ME 19 601 108155
Linguaglossa CT 19 5403 113558
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 116097
Giarre CT 19 27659 143756

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
30 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
39 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
44 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
87 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.5 2014-06-29
05:19:02
37.8402 15.3567 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17893711
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-06-29 05:19:02 ± 0.19
Latitude 37.8402 ± 0.0018
Longitude 15.3567 ± 0.0182
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type experimental explosion
Origin ID 17893711

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1590
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 220
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 273
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1590.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 242
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 4
Number of defining phases 4
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.05
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.16368
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25541
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 17893711
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-20 13:38:19
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-06-29T05:19:07.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 336 27.2505 92 0.01 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-06-29T05:19:07.77 0.3 undecidable manual P 317 28.3494 92 0.03 98
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2014-06-29T05:19:06.82 0.3 undecidable manual P 218 23.754 92 0 100
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-06-29T05:19:05.64 0.3 undecidable manual P 323 18.1707 93 -0.05 100
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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