Earthquake (experimental explosion) with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 03-07-2014 and time 08:05:31 (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

  • 03-07-2014 06:05:31 (UTC)
  • 03-07-2014 08:05:31 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2990, 15.1540 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 12 31646 31646
Merì ME 17 2338 33984
San Filippo del Mela ME 18 7115 41099
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 18 41583 82682
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 90077
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 96316

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
48 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
76 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
89 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
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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 2014-07-03
06:05:31
38.2988 15.1542 1 2015-09-21
09:37:39
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 18133171
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-07-03 06:05:31 ± 0.14
Latitude 38.2988 ± 0.0108
Longitude 15.1542 ± 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 18133171

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1200
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 700
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 20
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1200.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 157
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) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.06655
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.33725
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:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.5
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 18133171
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-04-01 08:26:00
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:38.25 0.3 undecidable manual P 221 37.4292 92 -0.27 70
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:36.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 97 31.0467 92 -0.28 94
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:36.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 166 26.8509 92 0.12 98
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:35.93 0.3 undecidable manual P 134 24.1536 92 0.06 75
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:34.61 0.1 undecidable manual P 300 17.3715 93 0.1 100
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-07-03T06:05:32.69 0.1 positive manual P 114 7.3815 98 0.18 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00043 0.1 AML other m 2014-07-03T06:05:43.42
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.7 0.0005145 0.38 AML other m 2014-07-03T06:05:43.95
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000040400000000000006 0.98 AML other m 2014-07-03T06:05:45.00
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.8 0.000039800000000000005 1.02 AML other m 2014-07-03T06:05:45.80
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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