Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.7 on date 18-11-2012 and time 14:48:29 (UTC) in region 2 km SW Roccella Valdemone (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.7 earthquake occured in region: 2 km SW Roccella Valdemone (ME), on

  • 18-11-2012 14:48:29 (UTC)
  • 18-11-2012 15:48:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9180, 14.9980 at 8 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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
Roccella Valdemone ME 2 666 666
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 3 980 1646
Malvagna ME 5 733 2379
Moio Alcantara ME 5 717 3096
Randazzo CT 6 10900 13996
Floresta ME 11 485 14481
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 12 3215 17696
Montalbano Elicona ME 12 2287 19983
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 12 3945 23928
Maletto CT 15 3920 27848
San Piero Patti ME 15 2915 30763
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 36166
Motta Camastra ME 16 845 37011
Novara di Sicilia ME 16 1337 38348
Basicò ME 17 612 38960
Raccuja ME 17 1041 40001
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 17 1019 41020
Tripi ME 17 873 41893
Ucria ME 18 1058 42951
Maniace CT 18 3765 46716
Tortorici ME 20 6435 53151

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
47 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
58 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
61 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
95 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
99 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
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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 2012-11-18
14:48:29
37.9187 14.997 8 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 2590701
Bulletin
Rev1000
ML 0.7 2012-11-18
14:48:29
37.9183 14.9982 8 2014-09-19
08:14:18
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 2618951
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2012-11-18 14:48:29 ± 0.12
Latitude 37.9183 ± 0.0081
Longitude 14.9982 ± 0.0023
Depth (km) 8 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 2618951

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 719
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 515
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 6
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 720.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 248
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) 0.07
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.15468
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.23382
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2590701
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2012-11-18 14:54:12

ML:0.7

Field Value
Value 0.7
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 1
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 2618951
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-09-18 12:41:58
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:38.92 0.6 undecidable manual S 51 25.9518 107 0.12 64
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:37.36 0.6 undecidable manual S 74 21.3675 110 0.07 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:36.09 0.6 undecidable manual S 322 17.5713 114 0.02 67
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:35.81 0.6 undecidable manual S 45 17.1717 115 -0.13 65
IV.MCSR.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:34.76 0.6 undecidable manual P 51 25.9518 107 -0.06 65
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:33.92 0.6 undecidable manual P 74 21.3675 110 -0.03 66
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:33.27 0.3 undecidable manual P 322 17.5713 114 0.02 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2012-11-18T14:48:33.14 0.3 undecidable manual P 45 17.1717 115 -0.03 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.6 0.000038900000000000004 0.58 AML other m 2012-11-18T14:48:36.17
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000047600000000000005 1.4 AML other m 2012-11-18T14:48:37.78
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