Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 02-07-2014 and time 22:26:30 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.3 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 02-07-2014 20:26:30 (UTC)
  • 02-07-2014 22:26:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3030, 15.2920 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
Milazzo ME 10 31646 31646
Venetico ME 11 3911 35557
Spadafora ME 12 5021 40578
Torregrotta ME 13 7431 48009
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 54248
Valdina ME 14 1355 55603
CondrĂ² ME 14 493 56096
Villafranca Tirrena ME 14 8584 64680
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 71795
Roccavaldina ME 15 1133 72928
Merì ME 15 2338 75266
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 16 1807 77073
San Pier Niceto ME 17 2837 79910
Saponara ME 17 3988 83898
Monforte San Giorgio ME 18 2777 86675
Rometta ME 18 6650 93325
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 97975
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 139558

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
26 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
38 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
78 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 1.3 2014-07-02
20:26:30
38.3033 15.2922 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17948381
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-02 20:26:30 ± 0.2
Latitude 38.3033 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.2922 ± 0.0092
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 17948381

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1330
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 830
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 7
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1330.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 176
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.41908
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17948381
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-23 13:23:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:42.58 3.0 undecidable manual P -0.58 0
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:39.90 0.3 undecidable manual P 232 46.5201 91 -0.39 67
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:37.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 204 33.4443 92 -0.21 95
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:36.39 0.1 undecidable manual P 192 27.0507 92 0 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:36.65 0.3 undecidable manual P 287 28.3494 92 0 75
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:34.79 0.1 undecidable manual P 103 19.3695 93 -0.06 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:34.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 163 18.1707 93 0.18 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T20:26:32.62 0.1 positive manual P 236 6.3936 99 0.35 96
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000521 0.46 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:51.24
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.000474 1.48 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:53.15
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.9 0.000045249999999999995 1.42 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:38.02
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.1 0.0000691 0.18 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:38.22
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.2 0.0001315 0.16 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:41.90
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.2 0.000135 0.4 AML other m 2014-07-02T20:26:42.63
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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