Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 15-09-2014 and time 20:38:30 (Italy) in region 4 km SW Tripi (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 4 km SW Tripi (ME), on

  • 15-09-2014 18:38:30 (UTC)
  • 15-09-2014 20:38:30 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0200, 15.0750 at 5 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Sismica INGV-Roma.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Tripi ME 4 873 873
Basicò ME 5 612 1485
Novara di Sicilia ME 5 1337 2822
Montalbano Elicona ME 5 2287 5109
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 9 1019 6128
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 10 1531 7659
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 10574
Furnari ME 11 3784 14358
Falcone ME 11 2808 17166
Roccella Valdemone ME 11 666 17832
Malvagna ME 11 733 18565
Oliveri ME 12 2181 20746
Rodì Milici ME 13 2056 22802
Librizzi ME 13 1660 24462
Moio Alcantara ME 14 717 25179
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 14 3945 29124
Castroreale ME 15 2504 31628
Floresta ME 15 485 32113
Raccuja ME 15 1041 33154
Terme Vigliatore ME 15 7395 40549
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 15 980 41529
Antillo ME 16 919 42448
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 16 3215 45663
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 46508
Patti ME 17 13431 59939
Montagnareale ME 17 1615 61554
Ucria ME 17 1058 62612
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 19 41583 104195
Randazzo CT 19 10900 115095
Limina ME 19 836 115931
Graniti ME 20 1492 117423
Roccafiorita ME 20 197 117620
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 20 3090 120710

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
46 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
46 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
51 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
57 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
Felt maps
Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 0.7 2014-09-15
18:38:30		 38.0203 15.0753 5 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 8354521
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-09-15 18:38:30 ± 0.27
Latitude 38.0203 ± 0.0180
Longitude 15.0753 ± 0.0068
Depth (km) 5 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 8354521

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1749
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 895
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 182
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1750.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 166
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 8
Number of defining phases 8
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.28
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04856
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16008
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitude information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 8354521
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-15 18:42:39
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:37.48 0.3 undecidable manual S 278 17.7711 105 0.27 72
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:36.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 70 14.3745 108 0.48 46
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:36.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 112 14.7741 108 0.4 47
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:34.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 278 17.7711 105 -0.16 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:33.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 112 14.7741 108 -0.09 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:33.20 0.6 undecidable manual S 81 5.3946 131 -0.11 51
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:33.74 0.1 undecidable manual P 70 14.3745 108 -0.11 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-09-15T18:38:32.03 0.1 positive manual P 81 5.3946 131 -0.23 99
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000056800000000000005 0.22 AML other m 2014-09-15T18:38:37.08
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.000056500000000000005 0.6 AML other m 2014-09-15T18:38:37.33
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.000051500000000000005 1.06 AML other m 2014-09-15T18:38:37.85
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.0000752 0.32 AML other m 2014-09-15T18:38:37.31
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
Fault Plane solutions in the area
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