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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.5 on date 01-01-2018 and time 10:44:29 (Italy) in region 3 km SE Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME)

A magnitude ML 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km SE Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea (ME), on

  • 01-01-2018 09:44:29 (UTC)
  • 01-01-2018 10:44:29 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0710, 15.1640 at 9 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
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 3 1531 1531
Rodì Milici ME 5 2056 3587
Furnari ME 5 3784 7371
Castroreale ME 5 2504 9875
Tripi ME 6 873 10748
Novara di Sicilia ME 7 1337 12085
Terme Vigliatore ME 8 7395 19480
Falcone ME 9 2808 22288
Basicò ME 9 612 22900
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 9 1019 23919
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto ME 10 41583 65502
Oliveri ME 11 2181 67683
Antillo ME 13 919 68602
Merì ME 13 2338 70940
Santa Lucia del Mela ME 13 4650 75590
Montalbano Elicona ME 14 2287 77877
San Filippo del Mela ME 15 7115 84992
Mandanici ME 15 601 85593
Gualtieri Sicaminò ME 17 1807 87400
Limina ME 17 836 88236
San Piero Patti ME 17 2915 91151
Pace del Mela ME 18 6239 97390
Roccafiorita ME 18 197 97587
Librizzi ME 18 1660 99247
Milazzo ME 18 31646 130893
Condrò ME 19 493 131386
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 19 842 132228
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 19 3945 136173
Patti ME 19 13431 149604
San Pier Niceto ME 19 2837 152441
Malvagna ME 19 733 153174
Motta Camastra ME 19 845 154019
Pagliara ME 20 1170 155189
Fiumedinisi ME 20 1409 156598
Savoca ME 20 1732 158330

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
37 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
42 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
51 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
63 Km N 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 1.5 2018-01-01
09:44:29		 38.0708 15.1638 9 2019-04-24
14:49:23		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 55275201
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.6 2018-01-01
09:44:29		 38.0727 15.1517 9 2018-01-01
09:53:29		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 52956401
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-01-01 09:44:29 ± 0.06
Latitude 38.0708 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1638 ± 0.0046
Depth (km) 9 ± 0 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 55275201

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 483
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 377
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 163
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 480.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 69
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 26
Number of defining phases 25
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.24
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.88134
Number of stations at which the event was observed 17
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 16
Magnitudes information

ML:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 55275201
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-04-09 08:27:26

ML:1.6

Field Value
Value 1.6
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 10
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 52956401
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-01-01 09:53:29
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.SSY.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:45:01.63 3.0 undecidable manual S 0.36 0
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:59.01 0.6 undecidable manual S 262 97.8243 50 0.48 40
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:55.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 46 86.4468 50 -0.24 43
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:53.13 0.6 undecidable manual S 90 77.7666 50 -0.06 45
IV.CSLB.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:46.17 0.3 undecidable manual P 262 97.8243 50 -0.08 65
IV.PETRA.HHE. 2018-01-01T09:44:46.07 0.6 undecidable manual P 254 95.4378 50 0.18 42
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:45.63 0.3 undecidable manual S 265 50.1165 50 -0.19 69
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:44.72 0.3 undecidable manual P 46 86.4468 50 0.21 64
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:44.44 0.6 undecidable manual P 198 84.1491 50 0.3 42
IV.SOI.EHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:42.83 0.1 undecidable manual P 90 77.7666 50 -0.34 85
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:42.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 335 37.4292 50 0.41 45
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:42.21 0.3 undecidable manual S 54 36.9297 50 -0.07 73
MN.CEL.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:41.52 0.3 undecidable manual P 72 67.0773 50 0 70
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:38.28 0.6 undecidable manual S 15 23.0547 111 0.26 48
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:38.49 0.1 positive manual P 265 50.1165 50 -0.42 88
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:38.29 0.1 positive manual P 99 47.4192 50 -0.2 93
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:37.08 0.1 undecidable manual P 335 37.4292 50 0.12 96
IV.IVGP.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:37.12 0.6 undecidable manual P 334 40.2264 50 -0.26 46
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:36.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 214 33.4443 50 0.53 88
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:36.84 0.1 undecidable manual P 54 36.9297 50 -0.03 98
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:34.87 0.3 undecidable manual S 151 12.5763 125 0.06 76
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:34.54 0.1 undecidable manual P 15 23.0547 111 0.13 98
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:34.40 0.1 positive manual P 263 25.4523 109 -0.48 91
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:32.77 0.3 undecidable manual S 206 5.2947 149 -0.28 74
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:32.75 0.1 positive manual P 151 12.5763 125 0.2 98
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-01-01T09:44:31.72 0.1 negative manual P 206 5.2947 149 0.18 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.IVGP.HHN. ML:1.8 0.000242 0.98 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:44.30
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.3 0.00014250000000000002 0.8 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:38.76
IV.MSRU.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000152 1.16 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:42.38
IV.IVGP.HHE. ML:2.0 0.000338 1.1 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:43.96
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:1.9 0.000316 0.44 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:44.65
IV.IVPL.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0004325 0.88 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:45.66
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.8 0.0010971594499999998 0.2368 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:33.24
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00011944775000000001 0.1984 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:38.59
IV.MSRU.HHE. ML:1.5 0.00012176525 0.2432 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:42.37
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.3 0.000048408665 0.2816 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:46.88
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.3 0.00004824745 0.2816 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:47.37
IV.SOI.EHN. ML:1.2 0.000025647805 0.9024 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:53.70
IV.SOI.EHE. ML:1.1 0.000019822249999999998 0.8576 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:53.88
IV.JOPP.HHN. ML:1.6 0.000044591665 0.2816 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:57.50
IV.JOPP.HHE. ML:1.4 0.000031098145 0.32 AML other m 2018-01-01T09:44:57.40
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