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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.5 on date 12-05-2018 and time 13:31:51 (Italy) in region 4 km S Fondachelli Fantina (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.5 earthquake occured in region: 4 km S Fondachelli Fantina (ME), on

  • 12-05-2018 11:31:51 (UTC)
  • 12-05-2018 13:31:51 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.9530, 15.1680 at 21 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
Fondachelli-Fantina ME 4 1019 1019
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 6 3945 4964
Motta Camastra ME 6 845 5809
Antillo ME 7 919 6728
Novara di Sicilia ME 8 1337 8065
Graniti ME 9 1492 9557
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 9 3215 12772
Roccafiorita ME 9 197 12969
Limina ME 9 836 13805
Malvagna ME 11 733 14538
Mongiuffi Melia ME 11 600 15138
Gaggi ME 11 3184 18322
Moio Alcantara ME 12 717 19039
Tripi ME 12 873 19912
Gallodoro ME 12 367 20279
Linguaglossa CT 13 5403 25682
Casalvecchio Siculo ME 14 842 26524
Roccella Valdemone ME 14 666 27190
Castelmola ME 14 1088 28278
Mandanici ME 14 601 28879
Letojanni ME 15 2861 31740
Savoca ME 15 1732 33472
Taormina ME 15 10960 44432
Calatabiano CT 15 5308 49740
Basicò ME 15 612 50352
Forza d'Agrò ME 15 911 51263
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 16 1531 52794
Montalbano Elicona ME 16 2287 55081
Giardini-Naxos ME 16 9415 64496
Sant'Alessio Siculo ME 16 1554 66050
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 70013
Castroreale ME 17 2504 72517
Pagliara ME 17 1170 73687
Furnari ME 17 3784 77471
Rodì Milici ME 18 2056 79527
Santa Teresa di Riva ME 18 9377 88904
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 98527
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 99507
Furci Siculo ME 19 3382 102889
Falcone ME 20 2808 105697

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
38 Km N of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
43 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
45 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
50 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
100 Km N of Siracusa (122291 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
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.5 2018-05-12
11:31:51		 37.9532 15.1678 21 2019-04-24
14:50:44		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 57586011
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.5 2018-05-12
11:31:51		 37.9503 15.15 20 2018-05-12
11:51:28		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 56793901
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-05-12 11:31:51 ± 0.13
Latitude 37.9532 ± 0.0045
Longitude 15.1678 ± 0.0114
Depth (km) 21 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 57586011

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 842
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 589
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 87
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 840.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 110
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) 0.29
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05396
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.66820
Number of stations at which the event was observed 10
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 10
Magnitudes information

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 16
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 56793901
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-05-12 11:51:28

ML:2.5

Field Value
Value 2.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 13
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 57586011
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-06-06 10:11:55
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:14.29 0.1 undecidable manual S 181 74.1702 99 0.24 85
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:13.54 0.1 undecidable manual S 201 71.9724 99 0.07 89
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:07.71 0.1 undecidable manual S 341 49.7169 105 0.04 91
IV.HAGA.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:04.07 0.1 undecidable manual P 181 74.1702 99 -0.49 80
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:04.31 0.1 undecidable manual S 9 35.742 112 0.19 90
IV.HLNI.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:03.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 201 71.9724 99 -0.24 84
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:02.17 0.1 undecidable manual S 37 26.8509 120 0.19 92
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:01.74 0.1 undecidable manual S 291 27.5502 119 -0.41 89
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:32:00.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 341 49.7169 105 0.11 90
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:58.50 0.1 undecidable manual S 342 8.6802 154 -0.09 98
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:58.65 0.1 negative manual P 9 35.742 112 -0.18 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:58.14 0.1 undecidable manual S 71 5.994 162 -0.18 97
IV.EPZF.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:58.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 242 30.747 116 0.34 90
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:57.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 37 26.8509 120 0.03 95
IV.EMSG.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:57.99 0.1 undecidable manual P 233 24.0537 123 0.76 80
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:57.51 0.1 undecidable manual P 291 27.5502 119 -0.18 93
IV.AIO.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:55.44 0.1 positive manual P 71 5.994 162 -0.04 100
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2018-05-12T11:31:55.53 0.1 positive manual P 342 8.6802 154 -0.1 98
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.AIO.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0029775204999999997 0.2624 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:31:58.45
IV.AIO.HHN. ML:2.6 0.002819473 0.384 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:31:58.94
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0015324805 0.0832 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:31:55.98
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0030433775 0.1024 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:31:55.72
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:2.4 0.00114327735 0.3776 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:03.49
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:2.6 0.001778726 0.2944 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:03.58
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.6 0.0019246240000000002 0.256 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:03.48
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.8 0.0030306854999999997 0.3968 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:02.77
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:2.5 0.0011296634999999999 0.4416 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:05.11
IV.IVPL.HHE. ML:2.6 0.00098279845 0.4352 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:09.86
IV.HLNI.HHN. ML:2.1 0.0001935425 0.2176 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:15.75
IV.HAGA.HHN. ML:2.3 0.0002627439 0.1408 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:15.37
IV.HAGA.HHE. ML:2.2 0.00022941999999999998 0.2816 AML other m 2018-05-12T11:32:15.78
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