Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 02-07-2014 and time 21:49:14 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 02-07-2014 19:49:14 (UTC)
  • 02-07-2014 21:49:14 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2930, 15.3500 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
Spadafora ME 8 5021 5021
Venetico ME 8 3911 8932
Villafranca Tirrena ME 10 8584 17516
Valdina ME 11 1355 18871
Torregrotta ME 11 7431 26302
Milazzo ME 12 31646 57948
Roccavaldina ME 12 1133 59081
Pace del Mela ME 13 6239 65320
CondrĂ² ME 13 493 65813
Saponara ME 13 3988 69801
Rometta ME 15 6650 76451
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 15 1807 78258
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 81095
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 88210
Monforte San Giorgio ME 15 2777 90987
Merì ME 17 2338 93325
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 97975
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 20 41583 139558

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
33 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
91 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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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 0.9 2014-07-02
19:49:14
38.2933 15.3498 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17948111
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-02 19:49:14 ± 0.34
Latitude 38.2933 ± 0.0216
Longitude 15.3498 ± 0.0149
Depth (km) 1 (operator assigned)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 17948111

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 2380
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1240
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 353
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 2380.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 206
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) 0.35
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09533
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33455
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:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17948111
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-23 13:06:57
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:49:21.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 196 37.1295 92 -0.4 67
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:49:20.24 0.1 undecidable manual P 202 27.4503 92 -0.06 97
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:49:18.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 179 16.2726 94 0.44 69
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:49:17.60 0.1 undecidable manual P 103 14.1747 94 -0.04 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T19:49:16.99 0.1 positive manual P 257 10.5783 95 0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.0000347 1.18 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:26.35
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00003974999999999999 1.58 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:27.14
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00011999999999999999 0.16 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:21.81
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:0.8 0.00011999999999999999 0.72 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:23.09
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00005665 0.96 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:19.48
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00007295 0.92 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:22.84
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000115 1.22 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:23.26
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.0 0.00013550000000000001 1.2 AML other m 2014-07-02T19:49:23.51
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