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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.8 on date 19-01-2017 and time 10:37:47 (UTC) in region Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.8 earthquake occured in region: Stretto di Messina (Reggio di Calabria, Messina), on

  • 19-01-2017 10:37:47 (UTC)
  • 19-01-2017 11:37:47 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.8220, 15.3480 at 10 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
Giardini-Naxos ME 7 9415 9415
Taormina ME 7 10960 20375
Castelmola ME 8 1088 21463
Letojanni ME 8 2861 24324
Gallodoro ME 10 367 24691
Forza d'Agrò ME 11 911 25602
Calatabiano CT 11 5308 30910
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 11 1554 32464
Mongiuffi Melia ME 11 600 33064
Gaggi ME 12 3184 36248
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 13 9623 45871
Graniti ME 13 1492 47363
Roccafiorita ME 14 197 47560
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 14 9377 56937
Limina ME 15 836 57773
Piedimonte Etneo CT 15 3963 61736
Savoca ME 15 1732 63468
Mascali CT 15 14282 77750
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 15 842 78592
Furci Siculo ME 16 3382 81974
Riposto CT 16 14838 96812
Giarre CT 18 27659 124471
Motta Camastra ME 18 845 125316
Roccalumera ME 18 4141 129457
Linguaglossa CT 18 5403 134860
Pagliara ME 19 1170 136030
Nizza di Sicilia ME 19 3667 139697
Antillo ME 20 919 140616
Sant'Alfio CT 20 1582 142198

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
28 Km NE of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
41 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
42 Km NE of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
45 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
85 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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 1.8 2017-01-19
10:37:47		 37.8217 15.3482 10 2018-01-10
09:44:30		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 48677811
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2017-01-19
10:37:47		 37.8138 15.3555 8 2017-01-19
10:48:00		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 39302751
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2017-01-19 10:37:47 ± 0.2
Latitude 37.8217 ± 0.0063
Longitude 15.3482 ± 0.0148
Depth (km) 10 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 48677811

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1271
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 551
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 289
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1270.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 131
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 18
Number of defining phases 18
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.37
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.17447
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.89123
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 0.2
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 39302751
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-01-19 10:48:00

ML:1.8

Field Value
Value 1.8
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 11
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 48677811
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2017-09-11 10:00:25
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MEU.SHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:14.78 0.3 undecidable manual S 210 91.0422 50 -0.06 66
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:08.50 0.6 undecidable manual S 219 67.1772 50 0.05 46
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:07.24 0.3 undecidable manual S 196 61.8936 50 0.18 68
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:04.83 0.3 undecidable manual S 16 51.0156 50 0.68 60
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:04.71 0.3 undecidable manual P 28 98.9232 50 0.07 65
IV.MEU.SHZ. 2017-01-19T10:38:02.79 0.3 undecidable manual P 210 91.0422 50 -0.65 56
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:59.84 0.3 undecidable manual P 65 67.7766 50 -0.01 69
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:59.29 0.3 undecidable manual P 282 58.497 50 0.87 55
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:59.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 219 67.1772 50 -0.48 63
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:58.15 0.6 undecidable manual S 321 29.4483 50 -0.24 47
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:58.53 0.1 undecidable manual P 196 61.8936 50 -0.41 86
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:57.04 0.1 undecidable manual P 16 51.0156 50 -0.23 91
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:56.40 0.3 undecidable manual P 270 43.0236 50 0.36 68
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:55.05 0.3 undecidable manual S 329 19.3695 118 -0.41 70
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:54.68 0.3 undecidable manual P 270 34.9428 50 -0.1 72
IV.EPOZ.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:53.43 0.1 undecidable manual P 220 21.7671 115 0.76 82
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:53.81 0.1 undecidable manual P 321 29.4483 50 -0.13 97
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2017-01-19T10:37:52.19 0.1 undecidable manual P 329 19.3695 118 -0.06 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0006585916 0.1792 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:37:56.34
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:1.9 0.0006311092 0.1984 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:37:56.18
IV.EMSG.HHE. ML:2.3 0.0008163457499999999 0.6208 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:00.85
IV.EPOZ.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000589484 0.3392 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:01.65
IV.EPOZ.HHN. ML:2.0 0.0007348304 0.32 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:00.32
IV.EPZF.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00030162075 0.5824 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:01.42
IV.EPZF.HHN. ML:2.2 0.00046825785 0.8384 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:00.76
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:1.6 0.00007820449999999999 0.2624 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:07.50
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00007312076500000001 0.1984 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:07.41
IV.HLNI.HHE. ML:1.6 0.00006734319499999999 0.1024 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:12.17
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:1.5 0.000060911794999999995 0.1216 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:11.16
IV.MEU.SHE. ML:0.0 0.00012834879999999997 0.2752 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:16.37
IV.MEU.SHN. ML:0.0 0.00019718065 0.3584 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:16.09
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:0.0 0.000132542395 1.0048 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:06.10
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000114792535 0.1984 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:07.65
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0001885877 0.32 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:06.56
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:1.8 0.0003260689 0.2368 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:00.50
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.0 0.00044605229999999994 0.3584 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:01.33
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.5 0.000052115524999999994 0.5824 AML other m 2017-01-19T10:38:12.13
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