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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.6 on date 09-10-2014 and time 01:48:38 (Italy) in region Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina)

A magnitude ML 0.6 earthquake occured in region: Costa Siciliana nord orientale (Messina), on

  • 08-10-2014 23:48:38 (UTC)
  • 09-10-2014 01:48:38 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1400, 15.1320 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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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
Terme Vigliatore ME 3 7395 7395
Furnari ME 4 3784 11179
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 13235
Falcone ME 5 2808 16043
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 6 1531 17574
Oliveri ME 7 2181 19755
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 8 41583 61338
Castroreale ME 8 2504 63842
Tripi ME 10 873 64715
Basicò ME 11 612 65327
Merì ME 11 2338 67665
San Filippo del Mela ME 13 7115 74780
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 79430
Milazzo ME 13 31646 111076
Novara di Sicilia ME 14 1337 112413
Patti ME 15 13431 125844
Librizzi ME 16 1660 127504
Pace del Mela ME 16 6239 133743
Montagnareale ME 16 1615 135358
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 137645
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 139452
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 140471
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 143386
Condrò ME 18 493 143879
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 146716

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
59 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
71 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 0.6 2014-10-08
23:48:38		 38.1398 15.1318 8 2015-09-21
09:40:11		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 19710591
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2014-10-08 23:48:38 ± 0.11
Latitude 38.1398 ± 0.0027
Longitude 15.1318 ± 0.0034
Depth (km) 8 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 19710591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 257
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 167
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 319
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 260.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 88
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 15
Number of defining phases 15
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.12
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10792
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.26440
Number of stations at which the event was observed 8
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 8
Magnitude information

ML:0.6

Field Value
Value 0.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 19710591
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-06-16 14:53:05
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:48.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 86 29.1486 106 0.16 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:47.07 0.6 undecidable manual S 245 24.9528 108 -0.16 48
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:45.55 0.6 undecidable manual S 155 20.6682 112 -0.3 47
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:45.19 0.6 undecidable manual S 88 19.2696 113 -0.21 48
IV.ATN.BHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:44.00 0.3 undecidable manual P 86 29.1486 106 -0.18 72
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:44.19 0.3 undecidable manual P 333 29.3484 106 -0.04 74
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:44.62 0.6 undecidable manual S 31 16.9719 116 -0.04 50
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:43.32 0.6 undecidable manual S 178 12.4764 124 0.02 51
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:43.38 0.1 undecidable manual P 245 24.9528 108 0 99
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:43.18 0.6 undecidable manual S 134 11.9769 125 0.02 51
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:42.61 0.3 undecidable manual P 155 20.6682 112 0.03 75
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:42.34 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 19.2696 113 0.03 100
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:41.15 0.1 undecidable manual P 134 11.9769 125 0.12 99
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:41.95 0.1 undecidable manual P 31 16.9719 116 0.06 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2014-10-08T23:48:41.27 0.1 undecidable manual P 178 12.4764 124 0.17 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.7 0.00003465 0.2 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:45.88
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.3 0.0000173 1.56 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:46.14
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.6 0.0000487 0.58 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:43.75
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00007965 0.26 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:44.91
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.4 0.0000315 0.76 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:44.73
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00004095 1.4 AML other m 2014-10-08T23:48:43.39
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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