Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 2.2 on date 01-07-2014 and time 17:05:31 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 2.2 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 01-07-2014 15:05:31 (UTC)
  • 01-07-2014 17:05:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8840, 15.5150 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
Furci Siculo ME 15 3382 3382
Roccalumera ME 15 4141 7523
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 15 9377 16900
Nizza di Sicilia ME 15 3667 20567
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 15 1554 22121
Alì Terme ME 16 2539 24660
Forza d'Agrò ME 16 911 25571
Savoca ME 17 1732 27303
Pagliara ME 18 1170 28473
Alì ME 18 768 29241
Letojanni ME 18 2861 32102
Scaletta Zanclea ME 19 2140 34242
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 35084
Gallodoro ME 20 367 35451
Fiumedinisi ME 20 1409 36860
Itala ME 20 1640 38500

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
35 Km S of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
43 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
57 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
94 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 2.2 2014-07-01
15:05:31
37.8838 15.5153 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 18250421
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-01 15:05:31 ± 0.47
Latitude 37.8838 ± 0.0333
Longitude 15.5153 ± 0.0137
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 18250421

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 3710
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1210
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 1
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 3710.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 211
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.39
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.39390
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:2.2

Field Value
Value 2.2
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 18250421
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-07 10:07:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
MN.CLTB.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:06:26.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sg 0.74 0
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:42.32 3.0 undecidable manual P 0.03 0
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:39.73 0.3 undecidable manual P 80 43.7229 91 -0.42 70
IV.GMB.BHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:39.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 41 41.7249 91 -0.09 75
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:37.32 0.3 undecidable manual P 352 30.8469 92 -0.27 73
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:37.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 309 32.0457 92 -0.2 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:36.92 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 26.5512 92 0.21 100
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2014-07-01T15:05:36.10 0.1 undecidable manual P 51 20.868 93 0.52 94
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:2.0 0.0003565 0.08 AML other m 2014-07-01T15:05:56.70
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.3 0.0007025 0.2 AML other m 2014-07-01T15:05:56.74
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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