Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 02-07-2014 and time 23:01:00 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 02-07-2014 21:01:00 (UTC)
  • 02-07-2014 23:01:00 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.3040, 15.2520 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 9 31646 31646
Venetico ME 14 3911 35557
Spadafora ME 14 5021 40578
Pace del Mela ME 14 6239 46817
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 53932
Merì ME 15 2338 56270
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 63701
CondrĂ² ME 16 493 64194
Valdina ME 16 1355 65549
Gualtieri SicaminĂ² ME 17 1807 67356
Roccavaldina ME 17 1133 68489
Villafranca Tirrena ME 18 8584 77073
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 118656
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 18 4650 123306
San Pier Niceto ME 18 2837 126143
Monforte San Giorgio ME 20 2777 128920
Terme Vigliatore ME 20 7395 136315

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
29 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
41 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
77 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
90 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 1.2 2014-07-02
21:01:00
38.304 15.2523 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 17948401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-02 21:01:00 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.3040 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.2523 ± 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 17948401

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1010
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 740
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 19
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1010.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 172
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) 0.23
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.03687
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29048
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 17948401
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-03-23 13:24:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:07.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 198 32.2455 92 -0.29 93
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:06.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 184 26.6511 92 -0.07 98
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:05.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 289 25.0527 92 0 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:05.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 101 22.755 93 -0.04 100
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:04.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 153 19.5693 93 0.13 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-02T21:01:02.02 0.1 positive manual P 207 4.0959 104 0.25 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0005 0.14 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:18.06
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005285 0.14 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:19.58
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00006195 0.14 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:07.43
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:1.2 0.00009015000000000001 0.14 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:08.07
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00007439999999999999 0.44 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:07.73
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:0.9 0.00006484999999999999 1.42 AML other m 2014-07-02T21:01:07.64
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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