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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 03-01-2017 and time 23:45:39 (Italy) in region 5 km SW Messina (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 5 km SW Messina (ME), on

  • 03-01-2017 22:45:39 (UTC)
  • 03-01-2017 23:45:39 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1580, 15.5240 at 54 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
Messina ME 5 238439 238439
Saponara ME 9 3988 242427
Rometta ME 10 6650 249077
Reggio di Calabria RC 12 183035 432112
Villafranca Tirrena ME 12 8584 440696
Villa San Giovanni RC 12 13784 454480
Monforte San Giorgio ME 12 2777 457257
Roccavaldina ME 13 1133 458390
Campo Calabro RC 13 4536 462926
Scaletta Zanclea ME 14 2140 465066
Valdina ME 14 1355 466421
Itala ME 14 1640 468061
Spadafora ME 15 5021 473082
San Pier Niceto ME 15 2837 475919
Torregrotta ME 15 7431 483350
Venetico ME 16 3911 487261
Fiumara RC 16 1018 488279
Alì ME 17 768 489047
Condrò ME 17 493 489540
Calanna RC 18 934 490474
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 18 1807 492281
Pace del Mela ME 19 6239 498520
Laganadi RC 19 413 498933
Alì Terme ME 19 2539 501472
Fiumedinisi ME 19 1409 502881
San Roberto RC 20 1750 504631
Scilla RC 20 4964 509595

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
5 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
12 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
82 Km NE 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.0 2017-01-03
22:45:39		 38.1583 15.524 54 2018-01-10
09:44:33		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 50110591
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2017-01-03
22:45:39		 38.1567 15.526 57 2017-01-03
22:57:33		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 38435251
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-01-03 22:45:39 ± 0.34
Latitude 38.1583 ± 0.0135
Longitude 15.5240 ± 0.0160
Depth (km) 54 ± 3 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 50110591

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1639
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 154
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 145
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1640.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 98
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 21
Number of defining phases 21
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.45
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.10612
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.95958
Number of stations at which the event was observed 12
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 12
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 8
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 50110591
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-20 09:46:24

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 38435251
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-01-03 22:57:33
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:46:09.77 0.1 undecidable manual S 213 106.5156 104 -0.21 86
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:46:08.23 0.1 undecidable manual S 199 102.12 105 -0.85 69
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:46:03.57 0.6 undecidable manual S 340 75.4689 113 -0.05 46
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2017-01-03T22:45:59.39 0.6 undecidable manual S 32 58.8966 121 -1.03 38
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:58.36 0.1 undecidable manual S 101 47.2194 129 -0.01 97
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:58.84 0.3 undecidable manual S 297 53.2023 125 -0.55 67
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:57.03 1.0 negative manual P 213 106.5156 104 -0.01 22
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:57.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 231 32.8449 142 1.11 83
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:56.90 0.3 undecidable manual S 71 34.1436 140 0.54 72
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:56.03 0.6 positive manual P 199 102.12 105 -0.48 42
IV.PLAC.HHE. 2017-01-03T22:45:55.34 0.3 undecidable manual P 68 85.8474 109 0.77 52
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:55.09 0.3 undecidable manual S 71 24.5532 150 -0.08 73
IV.IST3.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:53.82 0.6 positive manual P 340 75.4689 113 0.45 39
IV.JOPP.HNN. 2017-01-03T22:45:51.28 0.1 undecidable manual P 32 58.8966 121 -0.24 99
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:50.35 0.1 undecidable manual P 101 47.2194 129 0.02 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:50.93 0.3 positive manual P 297 53.2023 125 0 72
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:49.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 71 34.1436 140 0.25 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:49.71 0.1 negative manual P 231 32.8449 142 0.64 89
IV.MSCL.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:48.51 0.3 undecidable manual P 71 24.5532 150 0.02 79
IV.MILZ.HHN. 2017-01-03T22:45:48.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 296 28.4493 146 -0.35 98
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2017-01-03T22:45:47.23 0.1 negative manual P 353 11.7771 165 -0.65 91
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00012269615000000002 0.3328 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.07
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.00015448724 0.2944 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:59.87
MN.CEL.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000102075545 0.4096 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.22
MN.CEL.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00011438974 0.2048 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.68
MN.CEL.HNE. ML:1.7 0.000094077675 0.1792 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.68
MN.CEL.HNN. ML:1.6 0.00007634782499999999 0.4224 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.22
IV.GMB.BHN. ML:2.7 0.0011344715000000001 0.1536 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:56.35
IV.GMB.BHE. ML:2.6 0.000833762 0.2048 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:56.36
IV.IST3.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0002440268 0.1408 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:46:04.68
IV.IST3.HHN. ML:2.4 0.00026250490000000003 0.1792 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:46:05.43
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0009522781999999999 1.8432 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:46:02.74
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.8 0.0009416257 0.896 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:46:07.36
IV.MSCL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0002588964 0.1152 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:56.18
IV.MSCL.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00035835715 0.1536 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:56.44
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.8 0.00015177048999999999 0.1536 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:54.43
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00014510963999999997 0.1792 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:54.73
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.9 0.0001395417 0.4736 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:58.93
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.8 0.00009815832 0.384 AML other m 2017-01-03T22:45:59.09
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