Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 03-07-2014 and time 03:40:01 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.8 (experimental explosion) earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 03-07-2014 01:40:01 (UTC)
  • 03-07-2014 03:40:01 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2170, 14.8770 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
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 7074
Piraino ME 6 3962 11036
Brolo ME 8 5783 16819
Montagnareale ME 11 1615 18434
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 12 3090 21524
Patti ME 12 13431 34955
Ficarra ME 13 1469 36424
Naso ME 13 3813 40237
Capo d'Orlando ME 13 13254 53491
Sinagra ME 15 2705 56196
Librizzi ME 15 1660 57856
Castell'Umberto ME 16 3128 60984
Mirto ME 18 974 61958
Raccuja ME 18 1041 62999
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 18 1319 64318
Oliveri ME 19 2181 66499
Ucria ME 19 1058 67557
Capri Leone ME 19 4515 72072
Frazzanò ME 20 711 72783
San Piero Patti ME 20 2915 75698

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
59 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
68 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
82 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 1.8 2014-07-03
01:40:01
38.2173 14.8767 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 16438621
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-03 01:40:01 ± 0.19
Latitude 38.2173 ± 0.0108
Longitude 14.8767 ± 0.0206
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 16438621

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1940
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1010
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 294
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1940.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 143
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 7
Number of defining phases 7
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) 0.17447
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.49822
Number of stations at which the event was observed 7
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 7
Magnitude information

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 16438621
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-08 11:37:47
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:11.45 0.6 positive manual P 84 55.3002 91 -0.91 36
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:09.04 0.6 negative manual P 119 35.2425 92 0.7 41
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:09.99 0.6 negative manual P 182 43.623 91 -0.05 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:07.66 0.3 negative manual P 231 32.1456 92 -0.07 73
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:06.68 0.6 undecidable manual P 14 26.0517 92 0.16 48
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:05.30 0.1 undecidable manual P 27 19.7691 93 0.04 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-07-03T01:40:05.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 181 19.3695 93 -0.01 76
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.ILLI.HHE. ML:2.0 0.0005995 0.74 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:40:16.17
IV.ILLI.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0006855 1.18 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:41:14.74
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0006490000000000001 0.14 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:40:13.07
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0005005 1.48 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:40:14.82
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.6 0.00003465 0.88 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:40:06.10
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000043349999999999997 0.12 AML other m 2014-07-03T01:40:07.39
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