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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 0.9 on date 16-08-2013 and time 03:54:06 (Italy) in region 2 km N Sant'Angelo di Brolo (ME)

A magnitude ML 0.9 earthquake occured in region: 2 km N Sant'Angelo di Brolo (ME), on

  • 16-08-2013 01:54:06 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2013 03:54:06 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1310, 14.8780 at 20 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
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 2 3090 3090
Piraino ME 4 3962 7052
Ficarra ME 5 1469 8521
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 15595
Brolo ME 5 5783 21378
Sinagra ME 6 2705 24083
Montagnareale ME 6 1615 25698
Patti ME 8 13431 39129
Naso ME 8 3813 42942
Castell'Umberto ME 8 3128 46070
Librizzi ME 8 1660 47730
Raccuja ME 9 1041 48771
Ucria ME 9 1058 49829
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 11 1319 51148
San Piero Patti ME 12 2915 54063
Mirto ME 12 974 55037
Tortorici ME 12 6435 61472
Capo d'Orlando ME 12 13254 74726
Frazzanò ME 13 711 75437
Galati Mamertino ME 14 2627 78064
Capri Leone ME 15 4515 82579
Longi ME 16 1473 84052
Oliveri ME 16 2181 86233
Floresta ME 16 485 86718
Montalbano Elicona ME 17 2287 89005
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 17 1996 91001
Basicò ME 18 612 91613
Torrenova ME 18 4386 95999
Falcone ME 18 2808 98807
Alcara li Fusi ME 20 1980 100787
Militello Rosmarino ME 20 1324 102111

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
60 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
63 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
67 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 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 0.9 2013-08-16
01:54:06		 38.131 14.8777 20 2015-01-20
11:28:29		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4617141
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-08-16 01:54:06 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.1310 ± 0.0054
Longitude 14.8777 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 20 ± 1 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4617141

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 572
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 526
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 231
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 570.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 113
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 10
Number of defining phases 9
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.15
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.00000
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.25811
Number of stations at which the event was observed 6
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 5
Magnitude information

ML:0.9

Field Value
Value 0.9
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations 3
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4617141
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 13:04:03
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:20.28 3.0 undecidable manual P 0 0
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2013-08-16T01:54:16.87 0.6 undecidable manual S 18 28.6491 116 0.07 47
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:15.85 0.6 undecidable manual S 117 25.3524 120 -0.18 48
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:13.08 0.1 undecidable manual S 182 9.7791 150 0.07 100
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:13.28 0.1 undecidable manual S 265 12.876 142 -0.2 95
IV.IVPL.HHE. 2013-08-16T01:54:12.31 0.6 undecidable manual P 18 28.6491 116 0.02 48
IV.MNO.SHE. 2013-08-16T01:54:12.18 0.6 undecidable manual P 216 27.3504 118 0.08 49
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:11.70 0.3 undecidable manual P 117 25.3524 120 -0.14 72
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:10.40 0.1 undecidable manual P 265 12.876 142 0.03 100
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-08-16T01:54:10.28 0.1 positive manual P 182 9.7791 150 0.18 97
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00005555 0.42 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:13.60
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:0.7 0.000034949999999999996 0.44 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:31.61
IV.MUCR.HHE. ML:1.0 0.00008319999999999999 0.14 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:13.27
IV.MUCR.HHN. ML:0.8 0.000051949999999999996 0.24 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:13.32
IV.NOV.HHN. ML:0.9 0.00003875 1.58 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:24.31
IV.NOV.HHE. ML:1.0 0.000050600000000000003 1.32 AML other m 2013-08-16T01:54:13.48
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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