Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.1 on date 02-07-2014 and time 22:10:00 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.1 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 02-07-2014 20:10:00 (UTC)
  • 02-07-2014 22:10:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3280, 15.3350 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
Spadafora ME 12 5021 5021
Venetico ME 12 3911 8932
Villafranca Tirrena ME 13 8584 17516
Milazzo ME 14 31646 49162
Valdina ME 15 1355 50517
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 57948
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 59081
Pace del Mela ME 17 6239 65320
CondrĂ² ME 17 493 65813
Saponara ME 17 3988 69801
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 18 1807 71608
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 78723
Rometta ME 19 6650 85373
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 88210
Merì ME 19 2338 90548
Monforte San Giorgio ME 19 2777 93325

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
24 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
36 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
94 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 1.1 2014-07-02
20:10:00
38.3285 15.3353 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17948351
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-02 20:10:00 ± 0.24
Latitude 38.3285 ± 0.0144
Longitude 15.3353 ± 0.0115
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 17948351

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1680
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 930
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 14
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1680.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 195
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 6
Number of defining phases 6
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.27
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09982
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.64751
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 6
Magnitude information

ML:1.1

Field Value
Value 1.1
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17948351
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-23 13:22:13
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPAZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:13.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 125 71.8725 50 -0.55 41
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:06.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 280 31.3464 92 -0.04 74
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:06.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 197 30.6471 92 -0.16 96
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:04.30 0.3 undecidable manual P 115 16.6722 93 0.26 72
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:04.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 176 20.2686 93 0.08 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:10:03.05 0.1 undecidable manual P 235 11.0778 95 0.14 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00035250000000000006 0.2 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:23.08
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.000315 0.62 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:24.11
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.0 0.000053099999999999996 1.24 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:09.07
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.0000393 1.52 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:08.25
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00013700000000000002 0.66 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:05.06
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000207 1.02 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:07.73
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000927 0.18 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:11.14
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00007295 1.42 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:10:13.33
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