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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.2 on date 12-11-2018 and time 21:20:42 (UTC) in region Isole Eolie (Messina)

A magnitude ML 1.2 earthquake occured in region: Isole Eolie (Messina), on

  • 12-11-2018 21:20:42 (UTC)
  • 12-11-2018 22:20:42 (UTC +01:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.4390, 15.0190 at 24 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
Lipari ME 6 12753 12753
Santa Marina Salina ME 19 903 13656

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
54 Km NW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
66 Km NW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
93 Km N of Acireale (52622 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 1.2 2018-11-12
21:20:42		 38.4388 15.0192 24 2019-06-04
09:16:13		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 67921671
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 1.2 2018-11-12
21:20:41		 38.3888 15.001 28 2018-11-12
21:30:30		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 63009571
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2018-11-12 21:20:42 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.4388 ± 0.0171
Longitude 15.0192 ± 0.0149
Depth (km) 24 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 67921671

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1666
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 1259
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 213
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 1670.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 91
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) 0.44
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.05576
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.70867
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:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 63009571
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2018-11-12 21:30:30

ML:1.2

Field Value
Value 1.2
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 2
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 67921671
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2019-04-24 12:36:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:58.47 0.6 undecidable manual S 138 43.5231 112 1.34 33
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:57.33 0.3 undecidable manual S 114 46.7199 111 -0.6 67
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:56.30 0.6 undecidable manual S 290 40.9257 114 -0.2 52
IV.JOPP.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:55.94 0.3 undecidable manual P 76 77.4669 102 0.04 74
MN.CEL.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:55.58 0.3 undecidable manual P 104 78.6657 101 -0.5 67
IV.GMB.BHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:55.16 0.3 undecidable manual P 113 76.5678 102 -0.62 64
IV.AIO.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:53.45 0.3 undecidable manual P 160 55.1004 107 0.89 59
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:53.49 0.6 undecidable manual S 135 26.1516 127 0.42 50
IV.IST3.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:51.25 0.6 undecidable manual P 25 43.9227 112 0.31 49
IV.MPNC.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:51.53 0.3 undecidable manual P 138 43.5231 112 0.66 67
IV.ISTR.HHE. 2018-11-12T21:20:51.37 0.3 undecidable manual P 21 41.3253 114 0.8 62
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:50.13 0.1 undecidable manual P 290 40.9257 114 -0.38 100
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:50.24 0.6 undecidable manual S 206 7.6812 160 0.18 54
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:50.83 0.3 undecidable manual P 114 46.7199 111 -0.51 70
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:49.83 0.6 undecidable manual S 277 6.1938 164 -0.11 55
IV.MILZ.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:48.54 0.3 undecidable manual P 135 26.1516 127 0 81
IV.ILLI.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:46.24 0.3 undecidable manual P 277 6.1938 164 -0.49 77
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2018-11-12T21:20:46.76 0.3 undecidable manual P 206 7.6812 160 -0.04 84
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MILZ.HHN. ML:1.1 0.000053349999999999996 0.16 AML other m 2018-11-12T21:20:55.41
IV.MILZ.HHE. ML:1.3 0.0000781 0.52 AML other m 2018-11-12T21:20:56.33
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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