Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.0 on date 02-07-2014 and time 21:37:12 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.0 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 02-07-2014 19:37:12 (UTC)
  • 02-07-2014 21:37:12 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3690, 15.3650 at 1 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
Villafranca Tirrena ME 16 8584 8584
Spadafora ME 16 5021 13605
Venetico ME 17 3911 17516
Valdina ME 19 1355 18871
Milazzo ME 20 31646 50517
Torregrotta ME 20 7431 57948

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
86 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
99 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
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 1.0 2014-07-02
19:37:12
38.3687 15.3652 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17947981
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-02 19:37:12 ± 0.37
Latitude 38.3687 ± 0.0216
Longitude 15.3652 ± 0.0229
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 17947981

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2810
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1400
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 325
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2810.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 193
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 5
Number of defining phases 5
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.4
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.14299
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.47124
Number of stations at which the event was observed 5
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.0

Field Value
Value 1.0
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17947981
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-23 12:56:31
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:37:23.31 0.3 undecidable manual P 60 52.3032 91 -0.14 72
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:37:19.70 0.1 undecidable manual P 199 35.742 92 -0.43 93
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:37:17.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 183 24.6531 92 -0.07 77
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:37:16.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 133 17.0718 93 0.25 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:37:16.48 0.1 undecidable manual P 227 15.873 94 0.32 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000187 0.1 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:49.51
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00001665 0.96 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:50.57
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000363 0.9 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:22.66
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.0000402 0.94 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:23.40
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000134 0.16 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:22.03
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.1 0.0001285 0.5 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:22.61
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.0001105 1.24 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:21.77
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00010745 0.16 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:37:21.48
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