Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 30-07-2015 and time 09:25:58 (Italy) in region 6 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 6 km W Novara di Sicilia (ME), on

  • 30-07-2015 07:25:58 (UTC)
  • 30-07-2015 09:25:58 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9950, 15.0740 at 5 km depth.

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

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
Novara di Sicilia ME 6 1337 1337
Montalbano Elicona ME 6 2287 3624
Tripi ME 7 873 4497
Basicò ME 8 612 5109
Malvagna ME 9 733 5842
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 9 1019 6861
Roccella Valdemone ME 9 666 7527
Moio Alcantara ME 11 717 8244
San Piero Patti ME 11 2915 11159
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 15104
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 12 1531 16635
Furnari ME 13 3784 20419
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 13 980 21399
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 13 3215 24614
Falcone ME 14 2808 27422
Motta Camastra ME 14 845 28267
Floresta ME 14 485 28752
Oliveri ME 15 2181 30933
Antillo ME 15 919 31852
Librizzi ME 15 1660 33512
Rodì Milici ME 15 2056 35568
Raccuja ME 16 1041 36609
Castroreale ME 17 2504 39113
Randazzo CT 17 10900 50013
Terme Vigliatore ME 18 7395 57408
Graniti ME 18 1492 58900
Ucria ME 18 1058 59958
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 65361
Limina ME 18 836 66197
Roccafiorita ME 19 197 66394
Patti ME 19 13431 79825
Montagnareale ME 19 1615 81440
Gaggi ME 20 3184 84624

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
43 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
48 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
52 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
55 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
Reviewed
Rev100
ML 0.7 2015-07-30
07:25:58
37.9953 15.0745 5 2015-07-30
07:37:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 20604191
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2015-07-30 07:25:58 ± 0.19
Latitude 37.9953 ± 0.0117
Longitude 15.0745 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 5 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 20604191

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 962
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 806
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 179
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 960.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 186
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) 0.22
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05846
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.16458
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 20604191
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-07-30 07:37:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:05.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 287 18.2706 104 0.17 96
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:04.10 0.1 undecidable manual S 60 15.5733 107 0.09 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:03.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 101 14.0748 108 0.3 71
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:02.01 0.1 undecidable manual P 287 18.2706 104 -0.12 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:01.12 0.1 undecidable manual P 101 14.0748 108 -0.21 96
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:01.68 0.1 undecidable manual P 60 15.5733 107 0.07 99
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:26:01.06 0.1 undecidable manual S 56 6.4935 126 -0.08 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2015-07-30T07:25:59.80 0.1 undecidable manual P 56 6.4935 126 -0.16 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00007135 0.46 AML other m 2015-07-30T07:26:04.35
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:0.5 0.00003695 1.44 AML other m 2015-07-30T07:26:04.82
IV.MCSR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.00006195 0.2 AML other m 2015-07-30T07:26:04.94
IV.MCSR.HHE. ML:0.7 0.00004945 0.26 AML other m 2015-07-30T07:26:06.65
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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