Earthquake with magnitude of Md 1.5 on date 04-09-2013 and time 01:14:27 (Italy) in region 3 km N Raccuja (ME)

A magnitude Md 1.5 earthquake occured in region: 3 km N Raccuja (ME), on

  • 03-09-2013 23:14:27 (UTC)
  • 04-09-2013 01:14:27 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.0830, 14.9100 at 18 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
Raccuja ME 3 1041 1041
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4131
Librizzi ME 5 1660 5791
Ucria ME 5 1058 6849
Sinagra ME 5 2705 9554
San Piero Patti ME 6 2915 12469
Montagnareale ME 7 1615 14084
Ficarra ME 8 1469 15553
Patti ME 8 13431 28984
Castell'Umberto ME 9 3128 32112
Tortorici ME 9 6435 38547
Piraino ME 10 3962 42509
Gioiosa Marea ME 10 7074 49583
Floresta ME 11 485 50068
Brolo ME 11 5783 55851
Montalbano Elicona ME 11 2287 58138
Naso ME 12 3813 61951
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 12 1319 63270
Galati Mamertino ME 13 2627 65897
Basicò ME 14 612 66509
Mirto ME 14 974 67483
Oliveri ME 14 2181 69664
Frazzanò ME 15 711 70375
Longi ME 15 1473 71848
Falcone ME 16 2808 74656
Capo d'Orlando ME 17 13254 87910
Tripi ME 17 873 88783
Capri Leone ME 18 4515 93298
San Marco d'Alunzio ME 19 1996 95294
Roccella Valdemone ME 19 666 95960
Furnari ME 19 3784 99744
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 100724
Alcara li Fusi ME 20 1980 102704
Mazzarrà Sant'Andrea ME 20 1531 104235

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
58 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
66 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
Recent and historical seismicity
Seismic hazard
Shakemap
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000
Md 1.5 2013-09-03
23:14:27
38.0832 14.9105 18 2015-01-20
11:28:55
Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 6868361
Reviewed
Rev100
Md 1.5 2013-09-03
23:14:27
38.0868 14.912 20 2014-10-21
12:08:56
Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4422781
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-09-03 23:14:27 ± 0.26
Latitude 38.0832 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.9105 ± 0.0080
Depth (km) 18 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 6868361

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 698
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 593
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 47
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 700.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 109
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) 0.19
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.04946
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.29768
Number of stations at which the event was observed 4
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 4
Magnitudes information

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 4422781
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-09-03 23:32:16

Md:1.5

Field Value
Value 1.5
Uncertainty 0.2
Num. used stations 4
Type of magnitude Md
Reference to an origin 6868361
Agency INGV
Autore Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV
Time of creation (UTC) 2014-06-18 13:53:56
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:39.28 0.3 undecidable manual S 11 33.0447 109 0.05 72
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:36.01 0.3 undecidable manual S 107 20.6682 122 -0.22 71
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:34.45 0.1 undecidable manual P 11 33.0447 109 0.13 95
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:34.99 0.3 undecidable manual S 285 16.1727 131 -0.27 72
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:33.81 0.3 undecidable manual S 216 5.4945 160 0.19 73
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:32.62 0.1 undecidable manual P 107 20.6682 122 0.02 99
IV.MUCR.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:31.17 0.1 positive manual P 216 5.4945 160 0.09 100
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-09-03T23:14:31.96 0.1 undecidable manual P 285 16.1727 131 -0.07 99
TDMT - Time Domain Moment Tensor
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