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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.4 on date 18-03-2016 and time 23:45:52 (Italy) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.4 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 18-03-2016 22:45:52 (UTC)
  • 18-03-2016 23:45:52 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.2540, 15.6670 at 11 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
Scilla RC 4 4964 4964
Campo Calabro RC 4 4536 9500
Villa San Giovanni RC 5 13784 23284
Fiumara RC 5 1018 24302
San Roberto RC 8 1750 26052
Calanna RC 9 934 26986
Laganadi RC 11 413 27399
Messina ME 12 238439 265838
Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte RC 12 343 266181
Bagnara Calabra RC 12 10255 276436
Santo Stefano in Aspromonte RC 14 1263 277699
Reggio di Calabria RC 16 183035 460734
Sant'Eufemia d'Aspromonte RC 17 4120 464854
Sinopoli RC 19 2089 466943
Melicuccà RC 20 930 467873
Palmi RC 20 18930 486803
San Procopio RC 20 534 487337

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
12 Km NE of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
16 Km N of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
84 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
98 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
98 Km SW of Lamezia Terme (70714 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 1.4 2016-03-18
22:45:52		 38.2538 15.6668 11 2016-03-18
22:51:03		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 23894401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2016-03-18 22:45:52 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.2538 ± 0.0090
Longitude 15.6668 ± 0.0126
Depth (km) 11 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 100 -> SURVEY-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 23894401

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1070
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 951
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 285
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1070.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 111
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 7
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.33
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 4.26279
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:1.4

Field Value
Value 1.4
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 23894401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2016-03-18 22:51:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MNTV.HNZ. 2016-03-18T22:47:02.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn -1.4 0
IV.CAVE.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:46:13.59 3.0 undecidable manual Pn 473.1708 7.28 0
IV.MPAG.EHZ. 2016-03-18T22:46:19.99 3.0 undecidable manual Sn 2.7 0
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:46:05.94 0.3 undecidable manual S 26 43.5231 50 -0.37 69
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:46:01.77 0.6 undecidable manual S 174 27.9498 50 -0.38 47
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:46:00.64 0.1 undecidable manual P 26 43.5231 50 0.3 93
IV.PARC.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:58.94 3.0 positive manual Pg 12.46 0
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:58.12 3.0 positive manual Pg 174 27.9498 50 0.18 98
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:57.17 0.6 undecidable manual S 103 10.9779 135 -0.38 48
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:57.99 0.6 undecidable manual S 275 13.875 128 -0.31 49
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:55.50 0.1 undecidable manual P 103 10.9779 135 0.21 100
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:55.90 3.0 positive manual Pg 275 13.875 128 0.18 50
IV.ERC.EHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:52.31 3.0 undecidable manual Pn -2.54 0
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:51.82 3.0 negative manual Pn -4.98 0
IV.PE3.EHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:43.23 3.0 negative manual Pn -2.65 0
IV.NRCA.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:33.07 3.0 negative manual P -0.69 0
IV.RM33.EHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:31.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 1.31 0
IV.LNSS.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:31.73 3.0 positive manual P 0.07 0
IV.SMA1.EHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:31.05 3.0 positive manual P 0.19 0
IV.SAMA.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:31.36 3.0 positive manual P 3.29 0
IV.CAMP.HHZ. 2016-03-18T22:45:25.32 3.0 negative manual Pn -4.34 0
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:1.6 0.0004485 0.36 AML other m 2016-03-18T22:45:57.64
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00021250000000000002 1.5 AML other m 2016-03-18T22:45:58.13
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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